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Bioelectricity Has Arrived to Boost the Economy, and the Vale do Verdão Plant Located in Goiás Is Making Significant Investments to Export This Energy Source
The plant located in Goiás with its investments has already produced about 3 million bags of sugar and 130 million liters of ethanol powered by bioelectricity. “It is the first unit of the Vale do Verdão Group to export energy, with a modern thermoelectric plant, and if it depends on our will, also the first in the 4.0 Plant concept, utilizing Real-Time Optimization (RTO) intelligence,” highlighted the plant’s CEO.
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According to data from the National Emissions Registry System (SIRENE), until 2015, Brazil had effectively reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 50% compared to 2005 levels.
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