Sugarcane bioethanol — R&D for Productivity and Sustainability

LAND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL IN BRAZIL

Cortez, Luís Augusto Barbosa; Leal, Manoel Regis Lima Verde; Nassar, ré Meloni; Moreira, Marcelo M. R.; Feldman, Sabrina; Taube‑Netto, Miguel; Silva, res da;

Resumo:

Biofuels production depends essentially of: solar energy, fertile land, water, atmosphere (with oxygen and carbon dioxide), in addition to human and financial resources as infrastructure and investment. From all factors, land usage may be the one that expresses the most limiting physical restriction on the planet. A study by Doornbosch and Steenblik (2007) on the land availability for bioenergy in the world (see Table 1 below) evidenced that the availability of proper land for bioenergy production is concentrated in two continents, South America and Africa.

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DOI: 10.5151/BlucherOA-Sugarcane-SUGARCANEBIOETHANOL_30

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CORTEZ, Luís Augusto Barbosa; LEAL, Manoel Regis Lima Verde; NASSAR, ré Meloni; MOREIRA, Marcelo M. R.; FELDMAN, Sabrina; TAUBE‑NETTO, Miguel; SILVA, res da; "LAND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL IN BRAZIL", p. 301 -318. In: Sugarcane bioethanol — R&D for Productivity and Sustainability. São Paulo: Blucher, .
ISBN: 978-85-212-0822-8, DOI 10.5151/BlucherOA-Sugarcane-SUGARCANEBIOETHANOL_30