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MME propõe aliança global para fomentar biocombustíveis

  • Spanish Market: Biofuels, Natural gas
  • 19/01/24

O ministro de Minas e Energia, Alexandre Silveira, propôs a criação de uma agência global para financiar a adoção de energias renováveis, em meio a esforços do Brasil para liderar a corrida mundial pela descarbonização.

Silveira compartilhou a iniciativa durante uma reunião da Aliança Global dos Biocombustíveis, no Fórum Econômico Mundial, em Davos, na Suíça, em 18 de janeiro.

Atualmente, o Brasil ocupa a presidência do G20, o que fornece "o foro necessário para consolidar os biocombustíveis como importantes vetores de promoção da transição energética", disse o ministro.

O diretor da Agência Internacional de Energia (IEA, na sigla em inglês), Fatih Birol, reconheceu as ações do país para desenvolver o setor de biocombustíveis e descarbonizar a frota de transportes, assim como seu potencial para a produção de biogás e biometano. O ministro de Petróleo e Gás Natural da Índia, Hardeep Singh Puri, também participou do encontro.

As questões ambientais possuem destaque na agenda do governo do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva desde a campanha eleitoral de 2022.

Em setembro de 2023, o governo federal apresentou o Projeto de Lei Combustível do Futuro para acelerar a transição energética e substituir gradualmente os combustíveis fósseis.

O programa pretende aumentar a mescla do etanol na gasolina, definir metas de emissões para o setor aéreo e incorporar gradativamente o diesel verde na matriz brasileira de combustíveis.


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24/01/25

Brazil wildfires burned 79pc more land in 2024

Brazil wildfires burned 79pc more land in 2024

Sao Paulo, 24 January (Argus) — Wildfires in Brazil scorched an area greater than the size of Italy in 2024, climbing by 79pc from the prior year, burning large swaths of the Amazon rainforest and hindering sugarcane and other farm output. The wildfires last year spread out over 30.8mn hectares (ha) (76mn acres), up by 13.6mn ha from a year earlier and rising to a five-year high, according to environmental network MapBiomas' fire monitor researching program. The surge in wildfires may be related to a wider drought season influenced by the El Nino climate phenomenon in 2023-2024, researchers said. Sugarcane producers association Orplana estimated that around 414,000ha of crop lands in central-southern states — Brazil's largest sugarcane producing area — were damaged by wildfires, which led to R2.67bn ($485.7mn) in financial losses. Dryer weather in the region in April-October last year hindered sugarcane development, while a surge in wildfires damaged plants in different stages of regrowth and downsized the 2025-26 season's output . Wildfires hit northern Para state the most last year, as 7.3mn ha were burnt. Central-western Mato Grosso and northern Tocantins states followed, with 6.8mn ha and 2.7mn ha of burnt areas, respectively. Amazon biome Brazil's Amazon biome lost over 17.6mn ha to wildfires in 2024, which accounts for 58pc of the country's total burnt area, up by 62pc from 10.8mn ha a year before. The changes in climate patterns are alarming considering that fires do not occur naturally in the Amazon as is the case in other biomes, MapBiomas' researcher Felipe Martenexen said. Brazil lost 3.6pc — or 1.1mn ha — of its areas to fires in December 2024, down from 1.58mn ha in the same period a year earlier. The Amazon biome represented 88pc of total wildfires in the month, reaching 964,000ha of burnt land. Of that, 37.5pc of damage accounted for forest areas. Brazil's Cerrado biome, which comprises savanah grasslands and forest and makes up 25pc of national land — lost 9.7mn ha to wildfires last year, up by almost 92pc from 2023. Besides natural fire outbreaks in the region, an extended drought season increased burnt areas, MapBiomas said. Wildfire-damaged areas in southern Brazil's Pampa biome, or low grasslands, dropped by 98pc to 3,860ha last year from around 7,640ha in 2023, mostly because of historic floods in May prompted by El Nino's effects in the region during the first half of 2024. Brazil's Caatinga biome, or seasonally dry tropical forest, in the northeast lost around 330,000ha in burnt areas in 2024, down by 47pc from 630,115ha a year before. Burnt areas in the central-western Pantanal biome, or tropical wetland, stood at 1.9mn ha last year, more than doubling from 672,600ha in 2023. The Atlantic forest biome lost 1mn ha to wildfires in the same period, more than fivefold from the nearly 183,900ha a year earlier. Amazon fund Brazil's Bndes development bank will send R45mn from its Amazon fund to firefighters in Mato Grosso to combat wildfires and prevent deforestation, it said today. Mato Grosso is the eight state to receive money from the Amazon fund to combat wildfires and deforestation, Bndes said. The other states are Rondonia, Acre, Amapa, Para, Roraima, Amazonas and Maranhao. In total, the Amazon fund has sent R405mn to these states. The Amazon fund — created by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2008, decommissioned by Jair Bolsonaro during his presidency in 2019-2022 and reactivated by Lula again in 2023 — supports 119 projects and has R2.99bn in its portfolio. Norway, Germany, the US, the UK, Switzerland, Japan and Denmark have also contributed to the fund . By João Curi Atlantic Forest biome burnt areas (ha) Caatinga biome burnt areas (ha) Cerrado biome burnt areas (ha) Pantanal biome burnt areas (ha) Amazon biome burnt areas (ha) Pampa biome burnt areas (ha) Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Trump touts off-grid gas, coal for AI data centers


24/01/25
24/01/25

Trump touts off-grid gas, coal for AI data centers

New York, 24 January (Argus) — President Donald Trump said he plans to give developers "very rapid approvals" to build data centers running artificial intelligence (AI) software, as well as off-grid electric generating facilities to power them. "I'm going to give emergency declarations so they can start building them almost immediately," Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in virtual remarks on Thursday. Allowing for a rapid increase in power generation capacity will enable the US to scale up its AI capabilities and be competitive with China, he said. Trump said he has been telling developers that he wants them to build electric generating facilities next to their planned data centers. These would bypass connection to the grid, which he said is "old" and unreliable. The developers will be able to fuel their generators with "anything they want," including natural gas, and could use "good, clean coal" as a back-up in case a gas pipeline were to explode, cutting gas supplies to a data center's off-grid gas power plant, he said. Trump's comments echo those made recently by executives in the oil and gas industry, who are betting that tech giants' desire to quickly build out data centers to develop their own AI software will force them to eschew the long, arduous interconnection process through which new customers connect to the grid, and instead secure their own personal supply of electricity generated by natural gas. ExxonMobil in December said it was in talks to provide AI data centers with "fully islanded" gas-fired power, which could be installed "independent of utility timelines" and at a pace that other baseload generation fuel sources, like nuclear, could not match. Alan Armstrong, chief executive of Williams, the largest US gas pipeline company, told Argus that AI data center operators are going to build in states where they can quickly secure off-grid electricity supplies. By Julian Hast Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

ACBL issues upper Mississippi River reopening plan


24/01/25
24/01/25

ACBL issues upper Mississippi River reopening plan

Houston, 24 January (Argus) — Major barge carrier American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has issued its tentative reopening plan for the upper Mississippi River, with release dates as soon as 1 February. Depending on operating conditions, ACBL will begin releasing barges at Mobile, Alabama; Houston, Texas; and Lake Charles, Louisiana, on 1 February for barges destined above St Louis, Missouri, but below Dubuque, Iowa. The barges destined between Dubuque and St Paul, Minnesota, will begin travel as soon as on 11 February at the same locations. Release dates are based on ACBL's anticipated lock reopenings by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). Lock 25, upriver of St Louis, Missouri, is scheduled to reopen on 28 February, ACBL said. The main chambers for neighboring locks 27 and Mel Price will still be closed, although the auxiliary locks will be open, according to the Corps. Upper Mississippi Locks 20,18 and 16, between Quincy, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa are expected to reopen 4 March, the Corps said. But these dates remain tentative since freezing conditions may still hamper transit. The Corps typically reopens locks around mid-March depending on ice thickness across multiple locations. By Meghan Yoyotte ACBL's tentative upper Miss. reopening schedule Origin Port Barges destined above St L. to Dubuque, IA Barges destined above Dubuque to St Paul, MN Mobile, AL 1 Feb 11 Feb Houston, TX 1 Feb 11 Feb Lake Charles, LA 1 Feb 11 Feb New Iberia, LA 4 Feb 14 Feb New Orleans, LA 11 Feb 21 Feb Memphis, TN 18 Feb 28 Feb Little Rock, AR 11 Feb 21 Feb Blytheville, AR 19 Feb 1 Mar Pittsburgh, PA 12 Feb 22 Feb Cincinnati, OH 16 Feb 26 Feb Jeffersonville, OH 18 Feb 28 Feb Louisville, KY 18 Feb 28 Feb Evansville, MS 20 Feb 1 Mar Chicago-Joliet, IL 25 Mar 25 Mar Morris, IL-South 20 Feb 1 Mar Nashville, TN 20 Feb 1 Mar Decatur, AL 16 Feb 26 Feb Chattanooga, TN 12 Feb 22 Feb Cairo, IL 28 Feb 9 Mar St. Louis, MO 1 Mar 11 Mar ― ACBL Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Port of Nola reopens after winter storm


24/01/25
24/01/25

Port of Nola reopens after winter storm

Houston, 24 January (Argus) — The port of New Orleans reopened today after a prolonged shut-down propelled by a heavy winter storm that swept through the US Gulf earlier this week. Nola and Ports America reopened today to begin working on the backlog of movement caused by the storm. The port had been officially closed since 19 January in anticipation of the wintry temperatures, heavy precipitation and winds. Several inches of snow fell across New Orleans beginning Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service, with freezing conditions lasting through Thursday. Both ship and barge loadings and unloadings were significantly delayed across terminals. Several shipping and barge companies announced force majeures before the storm but are expected to reopen within the next couple of days, subject to safety conditions. By Meghan Yoyotte Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

Fewer, smaller shale deals in 2025: Enverus


23/01/25
23/01/25

Fewer, smaller shale deals in 2025: Enverus

New York, 23 January (Argus) — After $300bn of consolidation in the US oil and gas industry over the past two years, deal making is set to fall in 2025 while breakeven prices for acquired inventory will likely rise, according to consultancy Enverus. The rapid pace of mergers and acquisitions targeting shale-based assets has led to many of the best targets having been snapped up. As a result, the quality of newly acquired inventory is declining, averaging a $50/bl breakeven price in 2024, up from $45/bl in 2022-23, Enverus calculates. "The pool of available remaining private equity assets is largely smaller, higher on the cost curve or both," Enverus said in its annual outlook. Yet a pressing need for scale and future of location inventory will encourage smaller producers to embark upon more deals. And improved efficiencies — such as drilling longer lateral wells — will be key in boosting economics on more marginal acreage. Mergers involving public companies will ease up in 2025 from a recent average of five a year, according to Enverus. While deals involving smaller producers may offer suppressed valuations relative to private opportunities, a potential lack of a strategic fit and agreement on future management teams may pose obstacles. By Stephen Cunningham Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2025. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.

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