The situation of biofuels in Brazil: New generation technologies

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 3041 - 3049
• Main Authors: da Costa, Antonio Carlos Augusto, Junior, Nei Pereira, Aranda, Donato Alexandre Gomes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2010; Elsevier
• Series: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• Subjects: Alcohols: methanol, ethanol, etc; Alternative fuels. Production and utilization; Applied sciences; Biodiesel; Biofuels; Biofuels Ethanol Biodiesel Sustainable development Future technologies; Biomass; Brazil; Clean energy; Economic data; Energy; Energy economics; Ethanol; Exact sciences and technology; Feedstock; Fuels; Future technologies; General, economic and professional studies; Miscellaneous; Natural energy; Refining; State of the art; Sustainable development; Future technologies; Ethanol; Biofuels; Biodiesel; Sustainable development
• ISSN: 1364-0321; 1879-0690
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.07.058

Biorefinery defines an industrial structure based on the use of biomasses for the production of a wide variety of molecules. Its purpose is to obtain high-cost products from low-cost feedstocks. The stronger candidates for this technology include residual and agro-industrial biomasses. This work includes a review on the state-of-the-art on the production of biofuels in Brazil, as well as the tendencies and present situation of this field in Brazil. These information bring important data for the evaluation on the potential use of biomasses for the production of biofuels, serving as a starting point for a prospective technology for the production of biofuels, based on the use of renewable sources.