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Lubricants, Ipiranga on the production and
distribution of s1800, s500 and s50 diesel in Brazil.
The sentiment from the service station chains and
equipment provider representatives on the panel
was that limited advance notice was given prior to
the introduction of s50 diesel which meant that
the upgrading of gas stations mandatorily required
to stock s50 diesel was rushed and could have
been much better managed. Market driven pricing
was somewhat criticised, and comments from the
floor questioned the government regulation of
locations stocking s50 diesel when prices are not
subject to the same level of intervention.
Richard Petti, Chief Operating Officer, Wema
System AS gave an overview of how Wema has
approached the adoption of emissions legislation
around the world. Wema has developed extensive
experience through their work with ARLA sensor
technology. Petti also stressed that the legislation
in Brazil and around the world is too complex to
copy technology systems from existing markets e.g.
Europe or North America, and that a great deal of
customisation is required at the regional level.
Session 6: Further plans to introduce
alternative fuel throughout Brazil
Ricardo Gomide, Deputy Director of
Renewable Fuels Department, Ministry of
Mines & Energy kicked-off the session on
alternative fuels with a presentation on the
Brazilian biodiesel market since the introduction of
B5 in 2010. One of the Ministry’s goals for energy
policy is to increase biodiesel consumption, and this
has been reflected in Brazil’s rise to prominence as
the third largest biodiesel consumer globally over
the last 5 years. The government’s energy plan
forecasts biodiesel demand to rise by 50% to 3.8
thousand cubic metres per year by 2020.
Julio Minelli, Executive Director, APROBIO
(Brazilian Biodiesel Producers’ Association)
presented the campaign of the biodiesel industry
to achieve a mandatory 20% biodiesel blend in
regular diesel. There are now 37 plants that have
been licensed as viable raw materials for biodiesel
production and the paper was very timely given the
announcement last week that Vale is investing in
a palm oil-extraction plant in the Amazon to make
B20 diesel. Minelli stated that the biodiesel chain
is ready for the next steps in securing a supply of
alternative fuel in Brazil, the land and raw materials
are available but development of new oil seeds
is required urgently given the typical 5-7 years
required for new crops to mature.
Minelli then moderated the next panel on the
potential of biodiesel and alternative fuel for
emissions reduction in Brazil, with Alfred Szwarc,
Director, ADS Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento
sustentável, Breno Kamei, Business
Development Manager, IVECO Latin America
Ltda., Eduardo Pinto, Head of Urban Buses
Chassis Sales, Scania Brasil providing comment.
70% of Brazil’s fuels are renewable and so it was
important to discuss what the challenges and
bottlenecks will be moving forward. All panellists
mentioned the involvement of the government
in setting legislation and the need for better
defined policies that foster and value renewables.
The technical complexity of biodiesels will be a
challenge moving forward and the development
should be aligned with other benchmarks being set
such as CO2 savings.
Session 7: Emissions reduction for
non-road vehicles – plans to meet
PROCONVE-MAR 1 requirements by
2015
Luis Chain Faraj, Marketing and Sales Director,
Cummins Brasil Ltda. introduced the first nonroad
session of the conference with a regulatory
overview of emissions reduction for the sector
ahead of MAR-1 implementation in 2015, and
drew noteworthy correlations between the
performance of the Brazilian economy and the
production of agricultural machinery. Challenges
exist in the use of SCR in off-road applications
where space is at a premium and the discussion of
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