In Brazil, Rio de Janiero’s waste management company Comlurb recently presented its first truck fleet powered by biomethane. It will have 100 vehicles that will provide home waste collection services, public waste collection and support for the maintenance, operation and cleaning of recycling centers in neighborhoods in the west and southwest. The new models offer […]
In Brazil, the director of marketing and communication of Inpasa, Renato Teixeira, highlighted the growth of corn ethanol production in Brazil and the importance of the product in the future of global decarbonization. In an interview with CNN Agro News on last Thursday, he pointed out that Brazil can assume a leading position in the […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports global bond holders of Raízen, a Brazilian ethanol and sugar producer, are close to hiring Moelis as a financial advisor amid the company’s increased financial difficulties, according to people familiar with the matter heard by Bloomberg News. No contract has been signed yet, one of the people said, asking not to […]
In Brazil, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved and contracted financing in the amount of R$ 148.5 million for Bioo Paraná Holding S.A to build a biomethane plant in Toledo (PR), with a total expected investment of R$ 196 million. From the contracted financing, R$ 101.5 million comes from the Climate Fund […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports Inpasa plans to quickly scale up to DDGS exports to China this year with its first shipments already under preparations. The company produces 3.3 million metric tons of DDGS, with hopes that up to 1.5 million tons will be exported to China following the first orders of 250,000 tons. With trade […]
In Brazil, InvestSP reports president of Toyota Brazil, Evandro Maggio, took advantage of a meeting with journalists this Tuesday, the 3rd, to reveal the creation in Brazil of a flex-fuel laboratory, which aims to leverage to local experience in biofuels to develop new technologies in the area. Initially employing 40 engineers, the new R&D center […]
In Brazil, InfoMoney reports Tupy and the Vamos group announced last Friday a partnership for the production of trucks and buses with biomethane and natural gas engines. Tupy, which owns engine manufacturer MWM, said the first project with Vamos involves 100 trucks to be delivered from this year and used in municipal waste collection in […]
In Brazil, new studies led by Embrapa Ambiente reinforce the scientific basis of the National Biofuels Policy (RenovaBio) and expand transparency on the carbon intensity of biofuels produced in the country. The articles, published in international open access journals, fill technical gaps and strengthen the global understanding of how Brazil calculates the carbon intensity of […]
In Brazil, the first biomethane production plant in Rio Grande do Sul is located in the landfill of Minas do Leão near Porto Alegre. Daily, 1.7 metric tons of municipal solid waste from Porto Alegre heads to the unit owned by Riograndense Waste Recovery Company (CRVR). With the new plant, organic waste is now transformed […]
In Brazil, the Association of Biofuel Producers of Brazil, ABRA – Brazilian Association of Animal Recycling, ABIOVE – Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, ACEBRA – Association of Cerealist Companies of Brazil, OCB – Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives, UBRABIO – Brazilian Union of Biodiesel and Bioquerosene and APROSOJA BRASIL – Brazilian Association of Biodiesel and […]
