Unica predicts up to 30 new Brazilian ethanol plants in 2009

In Brazil, an official with the Sugar Cane Producers’ Association (UNica) is projecting that up to 30 new ethanol plants will launch in 2009, up from 20 new plant launches this year. Brazil is expected to manufacture 2.4 million flex fuel vehicles in 2008, and flex-fuel vehicles are expected to command 50 percent market share by 2012, prompting a projected increase in ethanol production to 6.4 billion gallons in the 2008/09 harvest season.

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