In search of green energy alternatives, São Paulo is studying partnership with the sugar and alcohol sector

According to data from the Energy Research Company (EPE), only 60% of the 369 sugar and ethanol plants operating in Brazil offered surplus electricity. If all plants produced energy, the total supplied to the electricity grid could reach 151 thousand Gwh, around 26% of the country's annual energy consumption.

Aware of the need and importance of renewable and clean energy sources for agriculture in São Paulo, the secretary of Agriculture and Supply of SP, Antonio Junqueira, and the executive secretary of the Department, Marcos Renato Böttcher, received rural producers Dr. Márcio Pereira and Dr. Dázio Vasconcelos, both with extensive experience in the sugar-energy sector and legally representing companies in the sector, as well as large, medium and small rural producers, to address two important issues, such as the supply of clean energy to the State of São Paulo, similar to the model already implemented and implemented by businesswoman Josimara Ribeiro de Mendonça from the Colorado Group, through sugarcane mills, and tax incentives for companies that sell the surplus produced from sugarcane bagasse.

“This topic will be passed on to Governor Tarcísio de Freitas, who is very interested in the matter, and the other departments so that we can seek concrete solutions. Sustainable alternatives are always welcome. Bioelectricity, with the right investment, will make the State of SP part of an increasingly circular and green economy”, concluded Junqueira.