Brazil Increases Blend Anew
April 6, 2016http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/10328/brazil_increases_biodiesel_blend_mandate_to_8/
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The government of Brazil has enacted legislature to increase the country's blend mandate for biodiesel from 7 to 8% in hopes of boosting both commercial agriculture and biodiesel production within its borders.
Brazil has required a blend of renewable fuel in its diesel supply since 2008, and gradually increased it with the last increase happening late 2015. The Brazilian Congress is planning to have the blend mandate increased to 10% by 2019. Erasmo Batistella, president of the Biodiesel Producers Association of Brazil, hopes the new law will encourage more family farms to produce soya, the main raw material used for the production of biodiesel.
According to Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, 1.9 million cubic meters of biodiesel were produced in the country. In January, 50 producing plants were authorized to operate commercially, with 39 of those plants holding the Brazilian Social Fuel Seal approval.
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