Room: Poster Area
Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 2BV.7
Climate change assessments: from case studies to system investigations
Assessing the Greenhouse Gases Emissions of Biodiesel Supply Chain in Brazil: A Life Cycle Aproach
Short Introductive summary
Currently in Brazil it is mandatory to mix biodiesel in commercial fossil diesel. The National Council for Energy Policies (CNPE) determined a mandatory fraction of 13% biodiesel from April 2023, with a gradual increase in the mixture until reaching the fraction of 15% of biodiesel in commercial petrol diesel in 2026. Brazil has 60 biodiesel production plants in operation, which produced 6.0 million cubic meters of biodiesel in 2022. Regarding the biomass, currently approximately 77% of biodiesel produced in the country is made from the use of soybeans, followed by the use of other fatty materials (8.4%), beef tallow (7.6%), oil palm oil which corresponds to 2.16% and others, such as used frying oil and cottonseed oil (5.2%). This article aims to calculate the average carbon intensity of biodiesel produced in the country, considering a Life Cycle Analysis (Well-to-Wheel) approach, and also aims to estimate the GHG emissions that will be avoided by 2030 in the country’s diesel consumption after the Resolution No. 16 of the National Energy Policy Council, which gradually increases the mandatory mixture of biodiesel in diesel sold from 2023 onwards.
Presenter
José Eduardo HOLLER BRANCO
University of São Paulo, Quemicle and Production Engineering Dpt., BRAZIL
Presenter's biography
Professor at Engineering School of Lorena at University of São Paulo Research area: Sustainability of Supply Chains
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Co-authors:
R. Prates, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, BRAZIL
A. K. Furtado de Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Lorena, BRAZIL
A. L. N. Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Lorena, BRAZIL
Session reference: 2BV.7.7