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Energy Transition – Gasoline And Diesel Will Still Prevail For The Next 10 Years

Written by Roberta Souza
Published on 22/02/2020 at 09:21
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President of the Union of Sugarcane Industry, Evandro Gussi, Evaluates the Stay of Diesel and Gasoline for the Next 10 Years in the Automotive Sector

According to the president of the Union of Sugarcane Industry (Única), Evandro Gussi, the energy transition in the automotive sector will require coexistence with diesel and gasoline for the next 10 years in the Brazilian market.

Recently, there has been and there is still debate about the prohibition of selling fossil fuel vehicles. Bill 304/2017 was approved by the Senate’s Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ), surprising the entire fuel production sector, including both the ethanol and oil and gas markets. The approval served as a warning of the need to address emissions throughout the industry.

According to Evandro, “There is global concern about the need to reduce emissions, but what is defensible about Brazilian gasoline is its composition with ethanol. Brazilian gasoline only stands up because it has 27% ethanol, which makes it cleaner compared to other gasolines around the world.”

In the current scenario, ethanol is not able to meet Brazilian demand to replace gasoline. The sector produced 32 billion liters of ethanol in 2019. The expectation is that, with the implementation of RenovaBio, by 2030 the production will be 50 billion liters. But even so, the amount will not be enough to completely displace the demand for gasoline.

According to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the consumption of type C gasoline in Brazil in 2019 was 38.2 billion liters, a decrease of 0.56% compared to 38.3 billion in the previous year. The consumption of ethanol was 22.5 billion liters, an increase of 16.2% compared to 19.3 billion liters in 2018.

Roberta Souza

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