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BNDES aprova financiamento para etanol de grãos da Be8

  • Spanish Market: Agriculture, Biofuels
  • 28/03/24

O Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) aprovou um investimento de R$729,7 milhões para a produtora de biodiesel Be8 construir uma usina de etanol de grãos no Rio Grande do Sul, com capacidade de processar 209.000 m³/ano do biocombustível.

O Programa BNDES Mais Inovação fornecerá R$500 milhões deste total, como parte de esforços do governo federal em prol da transição energética.

A Be8 instalará a planta à base de grãos em Passo Fundo (RS), onde também opera uma unidade de biodiesel. A região do Sul possui um clima mais temperado do que o restante do Brasil, dificultando o cultivo de cana-de-açúcar, a matéria-prima mais utilizada para produzir etanol no país.

A construção está programada para começar ainda neste ano e as operações devem ter início em 2026, de acordo com a empresa.

A usina, que poderá produzir hidratado e anidro, terá capacidade suficiente para atender 20pc da demanda do estado pelo biocombustível, informou a companhia. Hoje, o Rio Grande do Sul importa quase todo seu consumo de etanol de outros estados.

Trigo, triticale, milho e outros cereais poderão ser utilizados como matérias-primas para o produto.

A planta processará 525.000t por ano de grãos para produzir etanol e grãos secos de destilaria (DDG, na sigla em inglês).

Recentemente, a Be8 e a Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) firmaram um acordo de cooperação técnica para fabricar o biocombustível a partir de triticale.

A unidade é um dos vários projetos de etanol à base de amido e não de cana-de-açúcar planejados para os estados do Sul nos próximos anos.


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