Integrating carbon footprint to spatialized modeling: The mitigation potential of sugarcane ethanol production in the Brazilian Center-South
2023
Petrielli, Gabriel Palma | Nogueira, Guilherme Pessoa | Henzler, Daniele de Souza | de Souza, Nariê Rinke Dias | Bruno, Karina Maria Berbert | Luciano, Ana Cláudia dos Santos | Le Maire, Guerric | Hernandes, Thayse Aparecida Dourado | Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais = Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) | Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ) ; Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP) | Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Département Performances des systèmes de production et de transformation tropicaux (Cirad-PERSYST) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP (Grant 2016/50403-2) along with four Brazilian Companies: EMBRAER S.A., KLABIN S.A., PETROBRAS S.A., and SUZANO S.A.
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Biomass cultivation has a large influence over the resulting bio-based products and is largely influenced by local conditions. Therefore, accounting for spatialization into sustainability assessments under the life-cycle perspective is key. The study aims to integrate satellite image classification for sugarcane areas in the Center -South of Brazil with georeferenced modeling for sugarcane yield and ethanol production. 290 ethanol mills were simulated, and the resulting inventories were used to trace ethanol's carbon footprint spatial profile and mitigation potential for gasoline substitution. Ethanol's carbon intensity varied from 14.38 to 34.0 gCO2e.MJ- 1, with an average of 18.41 gCO2e.MJ-1. By translating these indicators into Decarbonization Credits (CBIOS), under the RenovaBio program, a GHG mitigation potential of 45.07 MtCO2e could be annually attributed to the current Brazilian ethanol sector, corresponding to an additional revenue of US$ 0.88 billion. The proposed georeferenced framework showed significant spatial variations that should be accounted in future sustainability assessments.
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