“Caipira Pre-Salt”: Raízen's Biogas Plant In SP Can Generate Energy To Supply A City Of 150,000 Inhabitants For One Year

“Caipira Pre-Salt”: Raízen’s Biogas Plant In SP Can Generate Energy To Supply A City Of 150,000 Inhabitants For One Year

Written by Flavia Marinho

Published on 21/10/2020 at 15:18

Updated on 21/10/2020 at 15:20

Biogás, ‘É o pré-sal caipira’, diz ministro de Minas e Energia, em alusão à reserva de petróleo e gás natural encontrada pela Petrobras

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Biogas, “It’s the Country Pre-salt”, Says Minister of Mines and Energy, Referring to the Oil and Natural Gas Reserve Found by Petrobras

The largest biogas plant using agricultural raw materials in the world was inaugurated last Friday (16) by Brazil’s giant ethanol producer, Raízen. The facility was dubbed the ‘country pre-salt’ by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, who attended the ceremony. Take advantage and subscribe, as Raízen opened positions for candidates without experience seeking their first job!

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Located in Guariba (SP), 340 kilometers from São Paulo, Raízen’s biogas plant based on by-products of sugarcane is capable of producing electricity to supply a city of 150,000 inhabitants for a year. The plant estimates a production of 138,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) starting from the 2021/22 harvest, with a start planned for April.

According to Raízen, of the total energy generated, 96,000 MWh will be sold under a contract negotiated in an auction held in 2016, two years before the start of the project’s construction. The remainder may be traded in the free market or in other contracts.

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Country Pre-salt

The hidden treasure in Brazil’s interior, referred to as ‘country pre-salt’ by the minister, involves biogas, a renewable and abundant energy source produced from agricultural waste and has the advantage of being near productive hubs scattered across the country, but still under-explored.

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, labeled the operation as ‘country pre-salt’, alluding to the oil and natural gas reserve found by Petrobras more than seven thousand meters below the Brazilian seafloor, in 2006.

“Biogas and biomethane, besides being used for electricity generation, can also replace diesel oil used in buses, trucks, and agricultural machines. Or even, in the case of biomethane, being generated in the gas pipeline network (…) It’s the country pre-salt,” he stated.

In Brazil, 521 biogas plants were operational in 2019, according to a survey by the Brazilian Biogas Association. Of these, most generate energy through pig farming, followed by landfill and sewage waste, and also from sugarcane derivatives, such as straw.

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