INCREASE IN THE IRRIGATED AREA OF SUGARCANE AND ITS POTENTIAL IN THE BIOENERGETIC GENERATION OF BRAZIL

Authors

  • Job Teixeira de Oliveira UFMA
  • Rubens Alves de Oliveira UFV
  • Oswaldo Arce Brito HidroEng
  • Fernando França da Cunha UFV
  • Ricardo Gava UFMS

Keywords:

sugarcane bagasse, biomass, cogeneration, renewable energy, carbon recovery.

Abstract

Sugarcane has a large capacity for producing electric energy using totally clean technology, from a renewable source, contributing to environmental preservation. The objective of this research was to evaluate the increase in biomass resulting from the implementation of irrigation in Brazilian sugarcane fields, estimate the potential for cogeneration, and calculate how much it will be possible to increase the Brazilian energy co-generated with sugarcane bagasse and the impact on the matrix Brazilian energy sector. The increase in irrigation in the rainfed areas of Brazilian sugarcane fields has substantial potential in increasing biomass for energy cogeneration. Considering a 15% increase in the production of cane fields in rainfed areas, conquered from the increase in irrigation, leads to an increase potential of 96.39 million tons of sugar cane and 26.80 million tons of biomass produced. In the energy matrix, the potential impact is 1.42 GWh of cogenerated energy, which corresponds to a 12.47% increase in cogeneration in the sugar-energy sector and 0.85% increase in Brazil's energy matrix. The expansion of the sugarcane irrigated area contributes to the increase in the production of bagasse and bioenergetic generation in Brazil.

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Published

2021-05-25

How to Cite

INCREASE IN THE IRRIGATED AREA OF SUGARCANE AND ITS POTENTIAL IN THE BIOENERGETIC GENERATION OF BRAZIL. (2021). Colloquium Agrariae. ISSN: 1809-8215, 17(3), 33-38. https://journal.unoeste.br/index.php/ca/article/view/3761