Published September 1999
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Journal article
Sweet future? Brazil's ethanol fuel programme
Description
This article traces the history of Brazil's ethanol fuel programme from 1975 to the present, and considers Brazil's energy policy, and the implications of price liberalisation and privatisation aimed at reducing prices to control inflation. The achievements of ProAlcool which was established in 1975 with the aim of replacing petrol with ethanol, costs and investment in ProAlcool, environmental implications, and policy initiatives to boost ProAlcool are examined. Details of typical emissions from a 6-year old car in Brazil are tabulated illustrating the reduced emissions due to ethanol fuels
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Renewable Energy World
- Journal Volume
- 2
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 47-48, 50-53
- ISSN
- 1462-6381
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 31020018
- Subject category
- S09: BIOMASS FUELS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AUTOMOBILES; BRAZIL; COST; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ETHANOL FUELS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALCOHOL FUELS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUELS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; LATIN AMERICA; LIQUID FUELS; SOUTH AMERICA; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VEHICLES