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JANUARY 11, 2014

Petrobras launched new regular and premium ultra-low-sulfur gasoline throughout Brazil on 1 January 2014, entirely replacing the previous regular and premium gasoline. Sample of outgoing S-800 and incoming S-50. Click to enlarge. Petrobras was the first to remove lead completely from Brazilian gasoline in 1989. billion (US$8.7

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JANUARY 15, 2015

Boeing and Embraer have opened a joint sustainable aviation biofuel research center in a collaborative effort to further establish the aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Boeing’s biofuel collaboration with Embraer is led by Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil (BR&T-Brazil), one of Boeing’s six international advanced research centers.

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MAY 5, 2014

US imports of sugarcane ethanol from Brazil fell by 40% last year to 242 million gallons, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Because Brazil is the largest source of ethanol imports into the United States, this drop led the United States to be a net exporter of the product for the year. Source: EIA.

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will work together to speed the research, development and approval of new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil. The agreement between Boeing and GOL is a significant new step in efforts to advance an aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Boeing and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A.

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MAY 12, 2014

will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. The research will focus on technologies that address gaps in a supply chain for sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil, such as feedstock production and processing technologies. Boeing and Embraer S.A.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Brazil’s fuels regulator, ANP, has cleared the way for the commercialization in Brazil of Amyris renewable jet fuel in blends of up to 10%. We meet the most rigorous performance requirements in the aviation industry and are now commercializing our product in Brazil as well as around the world.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Stellantis announced a $155-million investment in a copper project located in Argentina, which will make a major contribution to the company’s plan to become carbon net zero by 2038. In Brazil, it is targeting approximately 20% low emission vehicle (LEV) sales mix by the end of the decade. The company is acquiring a 14.2%

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MARCH 31, 2020

This is equivalent to gas priced at $6-12/MMBtu, making it competitive with current natural gas prices in Brazil, China, India, Germany and Scandinavia on an energy-equivalent basis. Note: Clean hydrogen refers to both renewable and low-carbon hydrogen (from fossil-fuels with CCS). kg in most parts of the world before 2050.

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. Biotech Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' 11(6):398-408. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.08.005. 2009.08.005.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

California’s approach to transportation fuel policy—its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)—will become a global phenomenon, suggests Lux Research. For example, the US and Brazil are major corn and sugarcane ethanol producers, respectively, and Malaysia and Indonesia are major palm oil biodiesel producers. Earlier post.).

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JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc., Earlier post.).

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MAY 29, 2015

announced a collaborative agreement with Fundação Parque Tecnológico Itaipu ( FPTI ) to develop a new centre of excellence for energy storage in Brazil. In addition, the initial program will provide the basis for further low-carbon developments. UK-based advanced vehicle and systems technology consultancy MIRA Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

SG Biofuels (SGB) has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation biojet fuel in Brazil.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Brazil-based Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announced a project to evaluate an investment in producing carbon-negative bio-based polypropylene (PP) in the US. This new U.S-based

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Volvo Buses has begun trials of its hybrid drive buses in South Brazil and Mexico. The organization has an agreement with Volvo, whereby they jointly demonstrate the major benefits provided by the hybrid technology and the BRT system with regard to reducing carbon emissions. Earlier post.)

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JULY 14, 2023

Brazil-based metals and mining multinational Vale announced a partnership with Wabtec Corporation to advance the decarbonization of Vale’s rail operations. Among the advantages of ammonia is the fact that it allows the locomotive a longer range than other carbon-free fuels.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

billion liters (860k gallons US) of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen. The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic ethanol facilities to nine. Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25

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MAY 30, 2019

In Brazil, the company has acquired 2.3 In Guyana, ExxonMobil recently announced the 13 th discovery on the Stabroek block, adding to the previously estimated 5.5 billion barrels of discovered recoverable resource. Guyana’s first oil production is on track for early next year, five years after discovery.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore are supporting the purchase of the Atlantic Nickel nickel sulfide and the Mineraçao Vale Verde copper mine in Brazil by ACG , a London-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for US$ 1 billion. They have a combined 2022 Adjusted EBITDA of $260 million.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Brazil-based GranBio announced a strategic alliance with NextChem, the subsidiary of Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont dedicated to the energy transition, to co-license its patented technology for the production of second-generation (2G) ethanol worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The first is the concentration of ore to mixed REE Carbonate. The second is the more complex separation stage that converts the mixed REE Carbonate to commercial pure-grade REEs. in Brazil from their mine and processing facility. The conversion of REE ore to individual REE products is done in two main stages.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

million grant to the World Resources Institute (WRI) to advance the progress of environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. WRI intends to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization (ESU), and to promote the diffusion of environmentally smart and livable cities.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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MAY 23, 2023

Green steel products are already in exceptionally high demand from the automotive industry, which will thus be able to reduce its carbon footprint so decisively. In steelmaking, the industrial start-up from Sweden eliminates climate-damaging carbon by using green hydrogen in the direct reduction process of iron.

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JULY 12, 2021

Both primary energy consumption and carbon emissions from energy use fell at their fastest rate seen since the Second World War, while renewable energy continued its trajectory of strong growth, with wind and solar power recording their largest ever annual increase. Key highlights: Primary energy consumption fell by 4.5% million b/d).

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Rio Tinto will also purchase and on-sell a part of the surplus low carbon hot briquetted iron (HBI) produced by H2 Green Steel during the ramp-up of its steelmaking capacity. The production of steel, a key material for infrastructure and net-zero energy transition, currently contributes around 8% of global carbon emissions.

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APRIL 19, 2011

A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. Field (2011) Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil. —Scott Loarie. Loarie, David B.

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JULY 6, 2023

The German automaker plans to target Brazil, which it claims is South America’s largest market. “As VW plans to grow 40% in Brazil by launching 15 new electric and flex-fuel vehicles by 2025. 4 and ID.buzz to Brazil. Buzz is part of Volkswagen’s growth plans in Brazil. And we are making good progress.

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In addition, the mining activities do not require the use of explosives nor the need to crush and milling the ionic clay feedstock, resulting in an operation with a very low carbon footprint. Chile, Brazil, US, and China, while the second patent has recently been filed and is pending approval.

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APRIL 14, 2014

Historical Trends in Black Carbon Emissions from Surface Transportation (teragrams of black carbon per year). The transportation sector accounted for approximately 19% of global black carbon emissions in the year 2000, according to the report. Source: Minjares et al. Click to enlarge. Source: Minjares et al., Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Petrobras says that a new field, to be called Sapinhoá, in the offshore Brazil Guará area has an estimated total recoverable volume of 2.1 The flow was maintained throughout the entire test period and the test produced relevant information on the carbonate reservoirs for optimizing the development plan.

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APRIL 17, 2023

—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development. Resources Chunbo Zhang et al.

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APRIL 28, 2018

US fuel ethanol was exported to 35 countries in 2017, but more than half of all exported fuel ethanol went to Brazil and Canada. Fuel ethanol exports to Brazil increased for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 450 million gallons in 2017 and accounting for nearly one-third of all US fuel ethanol exports.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Russia and Brazil both have access to high-quality iron ore reserves and to abundant clean power. Retrofit or close any remaining coal-fired capacity by 2050.

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APRIL 27, 2021

ICAO published the first update since 2019 of its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) Default Life Cycle Emissions for Eligible Fuels. gCO 2 e/MJ in Brazil and 13.0 —Glenn Johnston, Nuseed Carinata Regulatory. gCO 2 e/MJ in the US. Data: ICAO.

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APRIL 3, 2012

and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of agribusiness and food company Bunge Limited, along with other Bunge subsidiaries have signed definitive agreements forming a joint venture to build, own and operate a commercial-scale renewable tailored oils production facility adjacent to Bunge’s Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the intention to form a circa $12 billion joint venture (JV) in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels. Tags: Brazil Cellulosic ethanol Ethanol. Its 50% share interest in Iogen.

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