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

Authors :
Luis Ramirez Camargo
Gabriel Castro
Katharina Gruber
Jessica Jewell
Michael Klingler
Olga Turkovska
Elisabeth Wetterlund
Johannes Schmidt
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4c681b36bf624ed3ad8f52fcc0c7d3a5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30850-2