Owner of the Copagaz and Liquigás brands signs a partnership with USP to develop a BioGLP project, which emits up to 80% less carbon in combustion than fossil fuels

BioGLP is obtained from a renewable source, there is no risk of harm to the environment or production depletion. Since 2017, the European continent and the United States have been selling small quantities of the product.

University of São Paulo (USP) signed a cooperation agreement with Copa Energia. The University will help the group, owner of the Copagaz and Liquigás brands, to develop a BioGLP project over the next four years. The leader in gas supply in Brazil also has another project with the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.

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Based on an investment of approximately R$ 600 by Copa Energia, the partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP) will train a workforce in the sector for a graduate student, a master's student and a doctoral student, in addition to the coordinator and deputy - research coordinator.

“We believe in the academy as an important partner for the development of research and technologies that help to find the best solution for extracting BioGLP, a topic that is still in its infancy in the world and much needed for a cleaner energy transition compared to other sources, such as coal”, says Pedro Turqueto, strategy and market vice-president at Copa Energia.

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BioGLP developed by USP emits up to 80% less carbon in combustion than that of fossil origin

BioGLP is a gaseous fuel of renewable origin obtained from the treatment of garbage, sugarcane bagasse and vegetable oil, for example. Renewable gas has the same performance as the currently commercialized Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas.

In chemical terms, BioGLP performs the same function compared to the traditional one. The difference is sustainability, since it emits up to 80% less carbon in combustion than fossil fuels. As it is obtained from a renewable source, there is no risk of harm to the environment or of production depletion. Since 2017, the European continent and the United States have been selling small quantities of the product.

“We started the conversation with USP at the beginning of 2021, now we understand the documentation process and we hope, soon, to close more partnerships with universities at an even greater speed”, says Turqueto.

According to the executive, in the project with UFMS, there is development, for example, of the pilot project carried out with the use of LPG to generate energy in the covid hygiene ward of the Health professionals of the HU - University Hospital of the UFMS, during the peak of cases, and the project in the study phase for use of LPG for energy generation in fish farming, with a focus on agribusiness.

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