MME highlights the potential of the Triângulo Mineiro region in biofuel production.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) participated, this Thursday (25), in an agenda in the Triângulo Mineiro region focused on strengthening the biofuel chain and gas infrastructure in the state. Representing Minister Alexandre Silveira, the program director of the National Secretariat of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, Marlon Arraes, presented the advances promoted by the Future Fuel Law and highlighted the region's potential to boost new investments in renewable fuels, contributing to the country's energy security and decarbonization. "The work of Minister Alexandre Silveira and President Lula created a major milestone with the Future Fuel Law, consolidating Brazil as a world reference in the energy transition by transforming the national vocation for biofuels into a structuring public policy. This strengthens our position as a world power in clean energy. We have a unique vocation to produce biofuels sustainably, with competitiveness and innovation, generating regional development, attracting investments and expanding the country's energy security," said the director. The Triângulo Mineiro region is one of the prime examples of this potential. The region concentrates important ethanol and biomethane projects and continues to attract new investments to expand its production capacity. In Uberaba, two authorized plants have a combined production capacity of up to 3,000 m³ per day of hydrated ethanol and 1,800 m³ per day of anhydrous ethanol. The municipality will also have a new biomethane plant, with a production capacity of 51,781 Nm³ per day and a projected completion date of 2027, in addition to negotiations for the implementation of a biodiesel plant. The state's figures reinforce the importance of Minas Gerais for the national biofuel policy. By August 2025, Minas Gerais' production reached 1.14 billion liters of hydrated ethanol, 1.33 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol, 85.2 million liters of biodiesel, and 104,879 Nm³ of biomethane. Minas Gerais also has 35 ethanol plants authorized by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), in addition to ongoing expansion projects, consolidating its strategic position in the implementation of the Future Fuel Law and in expanding the supply of renewable fuels in Brazil. 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.