{"id":3297,"date":"2010-11-25T14:56:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:51:01","slug":"sao-paulo-to-have-brazils-first-ethanol-bus-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/sao-paulo-to-have-brazils-first-ethanol-bus-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo To Have Brazil\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Ethanol Bus Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Via Scania<\/figcaption><\/figure>S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo, one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest cities, is to become the first city in Brazil to have an ethanol-fueled bus fleet as part of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s carbon-reduction goal. <\/p>\n

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The bigger plan is to convert the whole country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fleet to renewable energy by 2018. The agreement signed today anticipates that by May 2010 50 ethanol vehicles will be circulating in the city. <\/p>\n

The deal is between the city of S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo, Unica (a sugar cane industry body), Scania, ethanol supplier Cosan and the operator Via\u00c3\u00a7\u00c3\u00a3o Metropolitana.<\/p>\n

The mayor of S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, did not mention how much the investment will cost, but said financial resources will come from fines applied to vehicles that have failed to pass inspection tests. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It will come from an environmental program and directed to another environmental program\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, he said. <\/p>\n

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According to a Unica spokesperson, ethanol achieves a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel. He said diesel engines will be converted to run on ethanol and additive.<\/p>\n

Cosan estimates that the 50 vehicles will consume around 300 thousand liters of ethanol per month on a 95% blend. In November, one liter of ethanol in the S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo region has cost on average $1.16.<\/p>\n

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