Brazil launches BECCS project CTCCSBio
In Brazil, earlier this month the Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (Semil), the São Paulo State Research Foundation (Fapesp) and the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP), celebrated the partnership for the creation of the biogenic carbon capture and storage technology center (BECCS, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage), in line with the São Paulo climate strategy. Proposed and conceived by Semil, the center will develop the first pilot project of BECCS in the sugarcane sector, being considered as an important instrument for the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) to generate carbon credits and decarbonize the economy.
Called by the acronym CTCCSBio (Center for Technologies for Biogenic Carbon Capture and Storage), the center was selected via public notice by FAPESP, linked to the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of São Paulo (SCTI), and is structured in five axes: socio-environmental, regulation, technology, infrastructure and market. According to Semil, the center will develop the first pilot project of carbon capture and storage from the ethanol production process of Brazil.
The partnership between Semil, EPUSP, FAPESP, Petrobras and Rolim Goulart Cardoso Advogados, with the support of São Martinho, aims to promote the development of research and technologies that contribute to the capture and storage of biogenic carbon. The project will have resources from the academy, initially Unicamp, Unesp, ITA and Mackenzie, the private sector and the São Paulo government, with a total investment estimated at R$30 million.
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