Recent advances of sugarcane biomass cogeneration in Brazil

Author

Granville, Sérgio ; Lino, Priscila ; Ralston, Francisco ; Barroso, Luiz Augusto ; Pereira, Mario

Author_Institution

PSR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The integrated sugar/ethanol/electricity production has launched a new business model-the bioelectricity industry-with a potential to become a ldquomainstreamrdquo energy supply option in the near future in Brazil. Besides being clean, the bioelectricity plants have been winning several hundred MWs in long-term contracts auctioned by distribution companies under the Brazilian power sector framework. These contracts have been awarded on a competitive basis, without any subsidy policy. In addition, bioelectricity plants comply with the requirements of the CDM for selling emission reduction credits. The objective of this work is to discuss the bioelectricity achievements in Brazil.

Keywords

bioenergy conversion; contracts; power generation economics; power markets; steam power stations; Brazilian power sector framework; bioelectricity industry; bioelectricity plants; business model; distribution companies; electricity markets; emission reduction credits; energy supply; integrated sugar-ethanol-electricity production; long-term contracts; power system economics; sugarcane biomass cogeneration; Bioelectric phenomena; Biomass; Business; Cogeneration; Contracts; Electric potential; Electricity supply industry; Ethanol; Production; Sugar industry; Power system economics; carbon trading; clean energy; power system planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009. PES '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Calgary, AB

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4241-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2009.5275659

Filename

5275659