Pathway to a land-neutral expansion of Brazilian renewable fuel production

Luis Ramirez Camargo; Gabriel Castro; Katharina Gruber; Jessica Jewell; Michael Klingler; Olga Turkovska; Elisabeth Wetterlund; Johannes Schmidt

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30850-2

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Pathway to a land-neutral expansion of Brazilian renewable fuel production

Luis Ramirez Camargo,
Gabriel Castro,
Katharina Gruber,
Jessica Jewell,
Michael Klingler,
Olga Turkovska,
Elisabeth Wetterlund,
Johannes Schmidt

Affiliations

Luis Ramirez Camargo: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Gabriel Castro: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Katharina Gruber: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Jessica Jewell: Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology
Michael Klingler: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Olga Turkovska: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Elisabeth Wetterlund: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Johannes Schmidt: Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30850-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Fuel output of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol facilities may be increased by over 40% without using additional land if production is combined with synthetic fuel processes. This amounts to 100TWh of fuel, sparing 27,000 km2 of land.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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