Biofuels and Sustainable Energy Development in Brazil


Autoria(s): ROVERE, Emilio Lebre La; PEREIRA, Andre Santos; SIMOES, Andre Felipe
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

18/10/2012

18/10/2012

2011

Resumo

Through the assessment of three decades of the Alcohol Program in Brazil, the paper shows that adequate public policies regarding biomass production can deliver direct benefits like energy security improvement, foreign exchange savings, and local employment generation, reduced urban air pollution and avoided CO(2) emissions. Moreover, the paper shows that Brazilian produced ethanol has faced economies of scale, technical progress and productivity gains and is no longer dependent on subsidies to be competitive. The paper also examines the potential in Brazil for fostering other biofuels, namely biodiesel obtained from vegetable oils, as well as their implications on sustainable energy development. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Identificador

WORLD DEVELOPMENT, v.39, n.6, Special Issue, p.1026-1036, 2011

0305-750X

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/17109

10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.004

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.004

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eng

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Relação

World Development

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Palavras-Chave #ethanol #biodiesel #biofuels #biomass #sustainable energy #energy for the developing world #ETHANOL #EMISSIONS #Economics #Planning & Development
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article

original article

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