Copersucar plans to produce biomethane in all of its plants within 10 years.

Copersucar announced this Wednesday (13) that it expects all of its 42 associated mills to be producing biomethane within the next ten years. The projection was presented by the company's CEO, Tomás Manzano, during an event held at the company's terminal in Santos. According to Manzano, the company sees a promising market for biomethane, produced from sugarcane waste and considered less polluting and cheaper than fossil fuels. The company also presented the BioRota project, a logistics initiative that already uses biomethane in some of the trucks contracted to transport sugar to the Port of Santos, the main export corridor for the commodity in the country. According to the company, replacing diesel with biomethane in trucks generates cost savings of between 20% and 30%. Manzano highlighted that the gain is significant considering that about 40% of the sugar transported to Santos still uses road transport, while the rest goes by rail. In addition to cost reduction, biomethane allows for up to a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to diesel, according to the company. Copersucar also stated that the sector's growth depends on investments of between R$ 200 million and R$ 300 million per industrial plant.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.