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: Received: 29 March 2024 / Approved: 1 April 2024 / Online: 1 April 2024 (10:59:19 CEST)
How to cite:
Grandis, A.; Fortirer, J.D.S.; Pagliuso, D.; Buckeridge, M.S. Scientific Research on Bioethanol in Brazil: History and Prospects for a Sustainable Biofuel. Preprints2024, 2024040046. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0046.v1
Grandis, A.; Fortirer, J.D.S.; Pagliuso, D.; Buckeridge, M.S. Scientific Research on Bioethanol in Brazil: History and Prospects for a Sustainable Biofuel. Preprints 2024, 2024040046. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0046.v1
Grandis, A.; Fortirer, J.D.S.; Pagliuso, D.; Buckeridge, M.S. Scientific Research on Bioethanol in Brazil: History and Prospects for a Sustainable Biofuel. Preprints2024, 2024040046. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0046.v1
APA Style
Grandis, A., Fortirer, J.D.S., Pagliuso, D., & Buckeridge, M.S. (2024). Scientific Research on Bioethanol in Brazil: History and Prospects for a Sustainable Biofuel. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0046.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Grandis, A., Débora Pagliuso and Marcos S. Buckeridge. 2024 "Scientific Research on Bioethanol in Brazil: History and Prospects for a Sustainable Biofuel" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0046.v1
Abstract
Despite the need for a sustainable energy resource, bioenergy gained its spotlight in the 2000s. Sugarcane is a significant crop in terms of sugar and energy capacity, and it can be an alternative energy source to mitigate the effects of climate change. Bioenergy production from sugarcane in Brazil is one of the most efficient. This production lends a centrality to biofuels' importance in confronting the effects of climate change. The present article reviews the Brazilian history of this crop as a biofuel source. We highlight the historical changes related to scientific, technological, industrial, and environmental advances since the beginning of the 20th century. We describe how creating governmental institutes and disseminating scientific knowledge strengthened public policies that led Brazil to occupy leadership positions in producing, distributing, and using bioenergy throughout the country. The compiled data shows the improvement and the new approaches needed in ethanol sugarcane. We developed a bibliometric analysis to evaluate Brazilian science's contribution to this process compared to other countries. Brazil's history of science and investments in sugarcane biofuel development for transportation may be divided into two phases: ethanol-only and flex-fuel cars. A third phase is starting, which is the ethanol-to-hydrogen era.
Keywords
biomass; alcohol; development; science investments; bibliometrics; green energies
Subject
Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
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