ethanol
Etanol rastreado (Globo Rural)
“Triple A - Ethanol” is the first ethanol tracing iniciative that I have heard of. (News in Portuguese, company website in English.)
L’Union européenne fait marche arrière sur les biocarburants (Le Monde)
Original and Portuguese translation available.
All of a sudden, 27 energy ministers from the EU gathered and decided to re-read the article 3 for the renewable energy plan. As mr Jean-Louis Borloo, the French environment and energy minister, said, “The member states realised that the Commission’s plan specifies that 10 percent of transport needs must come [...]
Desenha-se um cenário de equilíbrio no etanol (Gazeta Mercantil)
As most government haters in Brazil, the former minister of agriculture doesn’t want the government to intervene in the market. However, mr Roberto Rodrigues suggests that the Brazilian government should stabilize the sugar market. I beg your pardon?
Arbitragem no Consecana (Folha de São Paulo)
The former minister of agriculture, mr Roberto Rodrigues, gave an unusual perspective for today’s ethanol and sugar sector in Brazil.
Getting Serious About Biofuels (Science)
The author, Steven Koonin, points out several important issues for developing the biofuels and making them a globally viable solution to the energy issue. (As he well observes at the footnote, “Brazil is a singular counterexample, where favorable agricultural conditions and a flexible processing infrastructure allow the majority of the country’s road transport to be [...]
Azúcar en el depósito (La Vanguardia)
Spanish original here (title: “Sugar in the deposit”); Portuguese translation here (title: Sugarcane and ethanol are becoming Brazil’s symbols”).
El país del carnaval, la samba, el fútbol, el café y la caipiriña tiene ya otro emblema por bandera: la caña de azúcar. Aunque los portugueses introdujeron este cultivo en el país hace ya más de 500 [...]
