Brazil’s Green Energy: Today and Tomorrow

Eugene M. Khartukov and Ellen E. Starostina ()
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Eugene M. Khartukov: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Ellen E. Starostina: Economics of the Center for Petroleum Business Studies (CPBS)

A chapter in Industry 4.0, 2022, pp 149-162 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Current state and prospects of energy in Brazil—the world’s greenest energy economy—are analyzed. The consumption of non-hydrocarbon energy sources (RES) in the country now accounts for over 80% of all primary energy (for comparison: in Europe—less than 45%). Hydroelectric power plants, which are the main energy source in the country, account for 70% of Brazil’s electricity generation. Brazil meets a half of its transport energy needs with ethanol, which covers now around one fifth of the country’s use of primary energy. Brazil’s production and consumption of ethanol from sugar cane as well as the development of the country’s fleet of biocars are considered. There is no longer a single passenger car that drives on pure gasoline in Brazil. The focus is on the production and consumption of ethanol in Brazil and the world. An economic analysis of biofuel (including ethanol) production is given too. In this research paper, the authors use methods of comparative and systematic analyses, which are implemented for assessing Brazil’s energy for now and in the foreseeable future. The article mainly concludes that in the years to come Brazil will certainly remain the world’s greenest energy country.

Keywords: Brazil; Energy; Ecology; Biofuel; Sugar cane; Ethanol; Biocar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79496-5_13

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