Sixty ethanol and sugar plants were awarded the Green Energy Certificate, issued by the Unica Bioelectricity Certification Program sponsored with Abraceel (Brazilian association of energy resellers) and the Electric Energy Commercialization…

Biogas To Bet on Carbon Credits for Growth

Redação Oct 18, 2017

The biogas and biomethane sector is firmly committed to RenovaBio, a federal program to reduce emissions based on biofuels, to take advantage of the enormous biogas potential - estimated at 80 million m³/day in Brazil according to a…

New Harvest, More Robust

Redação Nov 6, 2014

The return of rains in November tends to reduce the sugar content in the cane which renders it appropriate for ethanol production Given the accelerated grinding of sugarcane during the first half of October…

Biodiesel Plant

Redação Oct 31, 2014

From 2,000 trees evaluated, 40 were chosen to be the progenitors of the first generation of improved seedlings The Agroenergy division of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has begun…

76 m³ In Offers

Redação Oct 27, 2014

The additional auction was held by the ANP to meet the demand of the new percentage mix of biodiesel in diesel oil, set at 7%. Mills offered a total volume of 76,064 m³ in biodiesel during the 39th…

2G Ethanol Enzyme In Brazil

Redação Oct 23, 2014

According to the company, 2G would not compete with traditional ethanol, being, rather, a complementary output The president of Novozymes in Brazil, Pedro Luiz Fernandes, announced the biotechnology company would…

Raízen To Produce 2G Ethanol

Redação Oct 23, 2014

Straw will also be one of the raw materials used Raízen, the sugarcane-energy company created from a joint venture between Shell and Cosan, is putting a production unit for second generation (2G)…

US$ 2.8 Billion For Ethanol

Redação Oct 22, 2014

Acoording to the bank the pursuit of efficiency through agricultural and industrial innovation is the solution for the segment According to valor Econômico, the head of the biofuels Department of the…

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Sep 25, 2018 - Reuters

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras said its oil and gas production in August totaled 2.47 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, attributing the 5.1 percent decline from the previous month to closures for maintenance. It added, in a securities filing, that its production within Brazil amounted to 2.35 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Sep 25, 2018 - Agencia Brasil – EBC

Venezuela is not only retaining, but will expand its supply of electric energy directed at the northern Brazilian state of Roraima. The statement was made by Venezuelan President Maduro during a meeting with Roraima Governor Suely Campos last week in Caracas, where Maduro also expressed his intention of implementing a plan to repatriate Venezuelans planning to return to the country. According to Campos’s advisers, Maduro pledged to order “the immediate maintenance of Linhão de Guri [the transmission line connecting the hydroelectric plant in Venezuela to Roraima].” The statement came amid news that Venezuela threatened to interrupt the energy supply sent to Roraima.

Sep 25, 2018 - Interfax

Novatek’s Yamal LNG plant has shipped its first cargo to the Brazilian market, the company said on Monday. The cargo was delivered to the Bahia terminal owned by Petrobras.“Our LNG marketing strategy aims to diversify our supply geography and customer base,” Novatek Chief Executive Leonid Mikhelson said. “This shipment represents our first LNG cargo produced by our own production to the Latin American market, and confirms the viability of our logistical model and [the] unique geographical location of the Yamal LNG.

Sep 25, 2018 - Argus

Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry proposed a price-based system to determine how quickly to increase the country's mandatory biodiesel blend from a current 10pc.The government plan, which was the subject of public hearings on 21 September, proposes increasing the blend by 1pc on 1 March 2019 if the biofuel is not cost-competitive with conventional diesel and by 2pc if the price of biodiesel is lower or if there is adequate supply. According to ministry calculations, the biodiesel price has been competitive with conventional diesel since 2014. If the proposal is approved by the national energy policy committee (CNPE), the blend will increase by a minimum of 1pc in March 2019.