Biofuels in Brazil

“A briefing on the Brazilian energy scenario, highlighting the sustainable bioenergy contribution during the last decades and the forthcoming perspectives, considering the recently started Renovabio Program, which implemented a carbon tax in Brazil and the innovative technologies coming, such as hybrid flexible vehicles and fuel cells.”

Our Guest 

Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira

Mechanical Engineer, PhD in Mechanical Engineering (UNICAMP, 1987). Professor of Thermodynamics at UNIFEI (1979/2016). Visiting Scientist at FAO (1997/1998). Director of the Brazilian Agency of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels (1998/2004). Chair of Latin-American Memorial, São Paulo, 2006. Consultant in energy studies for the United Nations agencies (FAO, ECLAC, PNUD, UNIDO, UN Environment), IDB and IRENA. Associate Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Group of Energy Planning of UNICAMP and the Excellence Center on Energy Efficiency of UNIFEI.