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Bonomi, Antonio, Felipe, Maria das Graças de Almeida

doi:10.5151/9788521208228-SUGARCANEBIOETHANOL_48

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Nowadays, Brazil is facing the perspective of a significant increase in fuel ethanol demand. This forecast is based on three market realities: first, internal increase of hydrated ethanol consumption due to the success of the flex-fuel in the light automobile vehicles market; second, expansion of the Brazilian ethanol exports due to the growing world interest in the ethanol mixture to gasoline, as a way to prevent global warming; and finally, the Brazilian option for the production of biodiesel, using ethanol via the transesterification of vegetal oils. A realistic projection foresees a significant increase of Brazilian ethanol production in the next 5-10 years. This important expansion of production is starting to become a reality through the start-up of new plants, opening new perspectives to the sugarcane agriculture. Besides, it will require a concerted effort in searching for a significant increase in productivity – liters of ethanol produced per hectare of planted sugarcane. This boost in productivity can be reached through two technological routes. The first route focuses on the agricultural area and will try, through the expansion of new varieties program and, in the future, through the use of transgenic sugarcane, to increase the present productivity level (tones of sugarcane/hectare/year).

INTRODUCTION

Bonomi, Antonio ; Felipe, Maria das Graças de Almeida

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