Brazil requires a blend of 3% biodiesel in regular diesel, which is likely to be pushed up to 4% this year, and will eventually reach 5%. Miguel Rossetto, director of agricultural development at Petrobras Biofuels, says the company is working on a plan to stimulate increased production by small rural farmers of crops for biodiesel production. Farmers should have better access to cheap credit at national banks as a result.
Petrobras completes biodiesel plant hat-trick
Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has inaugurated its third biodiesel refinery in the state of Minas Gerais.
16 April 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:10 GMT
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