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World Biofuels
Symposium
November 13-15, 2005
Beijing, China
2nd Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit
December 13-15, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by:
Candadian Renewable Fuels
Association
National Biodiesel
Conference & Expo 2006
February 5-8, 2006
San Diego, California
Organizer:
National Biodiesel Board
11th Annual
National Ethanol Conference: "Policy & Marketing"
February 20-22, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sponsored by:
Renewable Fuels Association
22nd
Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
June 20-23, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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September 29, 2000Brazil to Use Soy, Sugar for Biodiesel Officials at Brazil's Parana State Institute of Technology (PSIT) recently said that the country could soon begin producing cleaner-burning biodiesel refined from soy products and sugarcane. The effort would serve to reduce emissions produced by Brazil's urban vehicle fleets and rural farm machinery, while boosting its soyoil market.
Brazil's sugarcane millers already produce two types of ethanol -- hydrous and anhydrous alcohol. Special engines are required in order for a vehicle to run on hydrous alcohol, while anhydrous alcohol is blended with gasoline and sold all over the country as "gasohol."
Biodiesel producers in the U.S. and Europe commonly use petroleum-based methanol to make biodiesel. However, Brazilian officials hope to use ethanol to produce biodiesel. The Brazilian government considers burning methanol an environmental hazard.
"We are looking to break with European production of biodiesel, which involves methanol," said Germano Ottomann, production director at COAMO, a Brazilian co-operative which is currently testing biodiesel derived from soyoil and ethanol "We have an abundant supply [of ethanol] in Brazil and it pollutes less than the petroleum-based alcohol [methanol]."
PSIT engineer Jose Carlos Laurindo said biodiesel products would most likely enter the Brazilian market in such areas as Mato Grosso, which is Brazil's top soybean-growing state. Ottmann noted that the fuel will "never compete with the price of diesel...[but could] exist because of government regulations on pollution in cities."
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