Name: LUANA CÁSSIA PINTO
Publication date: 29/09/2020
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| EDNILSON SILVA FELIPE | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CELSO BISSOLI SESSA | External Examiner * |
| EDNILSON SILVA FELIPE | Advisor * |
| GILTON LUÍS FERREIRA | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: Biodiesel has gained more relevance due to the environmental, economic and social benefits that it presents as an alternative to diesel oil. The Paris Agreement signed in 2015 at COP-21 ratified Brazil's commitment to increase the contribution of bioenergy to its energy matrix, and one of the strategies is to increase the share of biodiesel in the diesel mix. Biodiesel has been produced in the country since 2005 through the National Program for the Production and Use of Biodiesel (PNPB, in Portuguese), so that the viability and development of a biodiesel industry in Brazil only occurred through regulatory instruments in the form of subsidies and incentives to the biodiesel chain and the gradual increase in the percentage of mandatory addition of biodiesel to fossil diesel, currently at 12% (B12). In this context, the current challenge for the sector is to enable a significant increase in biodiesel production, in order to make it possible to increase the percentage of mandatory biodiesel mixture to fossil diesel to 20% (B20) by 2030. In this sense, this work aims to identify and evaluate the main limitations of the biodiesel industry in Brazil and which drivers of competitiveness need to be better developed in order to enable the increase in production expected in a safe, sustainable and competitive way. To this end, an analysis of the effectiveness of the PNPB was carried out in relation to its initial guidelines, also identifying the main weaknesses related to the sector, and then, the methodology of the competitiveness drivers was used to identify which drivers most impact the competitiveness of the biodiesel chain. It was concluded that there are still a series of technical, economic, institutional and environmental factors that have reduced the effectiveness of the PNPB and may limit the expansion of this industry, and that the Institutional Environment and Sustainability drivers are the ones that most contribute to a favorable scenario for the competitiveness and viability of the B20. Therefore, the biodiesel industry will be able to meet a demand for B20, however it must direct efforts to minimize the weaknesses and limitations, so that the expansion of production is done with greater competitiveness and sustainability, expanding the positive results of the biodiesel policy for the country and its citizens.
