Potential for reduction of alcohol production costs in Brazil

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, Mauricio Tiomno Tolmasquim and Mauricio Cardoso Arouca

Energy, 1998, vol. 23, issue 11, 987-995

Abstract: The alcohol barrel-equivalent price to gasoline in Brazil ranges from US$36.00 to 54.00. Without large subsidies, alcohol is too costly as an alternative to gasoline. In this paper, we demonstrate that significant cost reductions can be achieved through technological improvements, increased efficiency and the use of alcohol by-products.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(98)00046-2

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