The meeting of National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE)The meeting, which was scheduled for next Monday (11), has been cancelled again, CNN Brasil reported today (8). The meeting had initially been scheduled for this Thursday (7), but It ended up being postponed until next week. Due to the trip of the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, to the United States, the meeting has been postponed again, this time without a new date being set. On the agenda were discussions about increasing the mandatory blend of biodiesel in fossil diesel from 15% to 16% (B16), as well as raising the blend of anhydrous ethanol in gasoline from 30% to 32% (E32). The topic gained momentum after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva publicly mentioned last week the possibility of moving forward with these measures. However, according to government officials interviewed by CNN Brasil, any increase in the blends will remain contingent on the completion of technical tests, which have not yet been concluded. According to information gathered by the news outlet, there is currently no technical evidence to immediately justify increasing the percentage of biodiesel.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.