The increasing energy demand, surging oil prices, depleting oil reserves and environmental
pollution problems associated with the use of fossil fuels have sparked renewed interest to …

Sugarcane straw (SCS) represents about one-third of the total primary sugarcane energy.
Since its burning in pre-harvesting periods has been banned in Brazil, SCS available …

Brazil was the first country to use bioethanol in large volumes, still in the 70′ s, to cope with
the oil crisis. The development of vehicles powered by ethanol included the biofuel …

In Brazil, the excess in corn production and the possibility to integrate it with sugarcane for
the production of ethanol making use of the productive structure already available …

Recent socio-political and economic factors encourage development of bioenergy and
biofuels. The aim of this paper is to provide an updated review of the most promising …

Ethanol‐powered spark ignition (SI) engines have the potential to mitigate the twin crisis of
fossil fuel depletion and exhaust emissions. However, the successful promotion of ethanol is …

The bioethanol visibility in the global matrix of fuels, linked to ecological appeal and the
possibility of using new raw materials justifies the increasing investments for the …

The need for alternative renewable fuels has given rise to considerable interest in
addressing the problem of, in particular, higher energy requirements, high oil prices …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the sensitivity of fuel consumers regarding price and
income, taking recent changes in the Brazilian fuel market into account. In this market, new …

The United States of America and Brazil are the world's first and second-largest biofuels
producers. The United States (US) has dedicated a significant portion of agricultural land for …