BRICS COUNTRIES SEEK TO BOOST BIOFUEL USE, DESPITE FEEDSTOCK AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES
December 8th, 2013
BRAZIL, Russia, India, and China are eager to boost biofuels production, with their governments laying out energy targets and detailed plans to achieve them. And while each country has made progress, manufacturers in all the BRICs countries can still struggle with irregular feedstock supplies and spotty regulation.Brazil in a sense is the odd BRIC out, given its long experience of ethanol usage – based on the country’s plentiful sugar cane supplies. The country is currently the world leader in the use of renewable energy, with 42.4% of the country’s energy ...
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