Paper with some lifecycle GWP and water #s for Sugarcane

http://www.unicamp.br/fea/ortega/energy/Pippo.pdf

Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions... in Brazil

This is the paper I was sharing last week that has all the numbers for producing ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil.

"Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in the production and use of fuel ethanol in Brazil":
http://www.unica.com.br/i_pages/files/gee3.pdf

Summary of the meeting with Arpad

1:26 PM Lindsay: how'd the meeting with arpad go yesterday? me: really good1:27 PM i left it feeling a little more confident about the scope of our work a few things we talked about: -he thinks we should do GWP and H2O1:28 PM -he's really adamant about at least doing a crude analysis of water impacts Lindsay: ok good to know me: -we decided to stop our analysis where the fuel enters the gas tank Lindsay: woah ok cool1:29 PM me: -the start of our analysis is a little more complex Lindsay: yeah...especially if we wanna consider water impacts during growth of biomass me: -probably we could do some hypothetical analysis of land conversion uh huh to clarify:1:30 PM if a refinery draws on fields from a 10k radius we can model the GWP and water impacts of different land cover types i.e. what if the whole circle in forest? what if it is pasture land? we could do continuous modeling or we could do discrete scenarios1:31 PM Lindsay: hmmmm me: the same goes for logistics from refinery to tank 100% pipeline? 50% pipeline 50% truck? how far? etc.1:32 PM another we discussed was how to analyze the production/biorefinery phase he thinks we should just review the lit (i.e. early LCAs) he thinks this has been studied heavily as compared to some of our other interests1:33 PM the final thing we talked about was ag. production data. he'd like us to try to synthesize info. from the brazilian i-o table with data on sugar production from brazilian ethanol lcas1:34 PM i'm going to try to get some raw data from sergio, arpad's former student and brazilian lca expert Lindsay: ok me: that's the summary i should post this on our blog any thoughts?1:35 PM Lindsay: it still sounds pretty big and do we still need to decide where to start the analysis? i mean the initial limit me: i think with land conversion1:37 PM Lindsay: so you feel better about the scope because the steps along the way are more defined, not because the scope was narrowed? me: that's probably right1:38 PM also because arpad thought it was reasonable Lindsay: ok i see yeah it still seems huge but there are 5 of us and if we're able to use some of the refinery stuff just from the literature instead of doing it ourselves, that helps a lot1:39 PM me: right so it would mean most of our work would be on land conversion+production and logistics 2-3 people/focal area also, he wants to meet with us in the last week before the midterm report is due to make sure that this still seems reasonable1:40 PM so it isn't set in stone yet anyways... i've got to take off now time to bike to class see you tomorrow

An environmental management method for sugar cane alcohol production in Brazil

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6V22-4899VK5-1-46&_cdi=5690&_user=4420&_orig=search&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2003&_sk=999749996&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtz-zSkWW&md5=fb92f5861762bfb3b3d0617bad7eb703&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Sugar Cane Industry as a Source of Water Pollution – Case Study on the Situation in Ipojuca River, Pernambuco, Brazil

http://www.springerlink.com/content/188u8721w5822346/

Air pollution from biomass burning and asthma hospital admissions in a sugar cane plantation area in Brazil

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V1Y-4MG1PC7-2&_user=4420&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059607&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4420&md5=923a94a846fcb48a2f4d7bf30f721a83

POLLUTANTS CUASED BY BURNING

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/esthag/2008/42/i02/pdf/es070384u.pdf

Land use and biofuels sources

I've posted a few links to recent articles on the land use impacts of biofuels production : http://avery.cohn.googlepages.com/resources

pre refining logistics radii maps

infinity bioenergy has maps posted showing a 10km harvest radius around their mills

http://www.infinitybio.com.br/iniframe_e.html

One logistics model

Infinity Bioenergy is a big new start-up with foreign investors. They have a pretty detailed website which describes how they plan to use different post refinery logistics than business as usual. More here:

http://www.infinitybio.com.br/iniframe_e.html

good stats on brazilian ethanol

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2W-4PHJH12-3&_user=4420&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059607&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4420&md5=1168c9e4091d7f57ae67209f2a0d6e86

logistics

this is an older article but seems to outline the way they currently do things.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=108&sid=05c0332e-3ce6-4998-a1ff-6ae64eef5a67%40sessionmgr107

Lindsay's Logistics List

Has a good summary of conditions in Brazil for ethanol and the history of its alcohol program
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2006/05energy_sandalow/sandalow_20060522.pdf

some discussion of global ethanol market, and brazil’s need to improve logistics.
http://www.bettersugarcane.org/newsletter/?page_id=27


http://commercecan.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/interface2.nsf/vDownload/IMI_8523/$file/X_8977524.DOC


http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/cellulosic/



http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/31249/story.htm
"Just to give you an idea, 600 million liters a year would require 20,000 tanker trucks to move it."
Gives some logistic numbers, for exports, etc.

www.energy.ca.gov/mtbe/documents/2001-07-26_SCHREMP_AT_CARB.PPT
this is about CA, not brazil, but has some logistic points.











http://research.utoledo.edu/docs/Brazil%20Webinar/Jose_presentation.ppt#263,5,Slide 5










research.utoledo.edu/docs/Brazil%20Webinar/Jose_presentation.ppt
link to above presentation

from cgee presentation:

From Petrobras presentation:

Brazilian IO analysis abstract

The paper isn't published yet, so I can't post the link. I'll send the whole thing by email.


Ecological Footprint Applied to the Input-Output Model
of the Brazilian Economy
Sérgio Pacca
spacca@usp.br
Escola de Arte Ciências e Humanidades
Universidade de São Paulo
Abstract
This paper applies the ecological footprint method to the Brazilian economic input-output (IO) model. The footprint method calculates the amount of land required to support economic activities and absorb the wastes they generate. In the case of IO models, the footprints are allocated to sectors corresponding to distinct activities within the economy. The Brazilian IO table is available from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). The footprint assessment, which is used as a basis for this study, is available from the Global Footprint Network (GFN). The IO-footprint model is produced in a spreadsheet, which allows the user to trace back the assumptions and data sources used to build the model. The analysis determines the ecological footprint intensity of 42 Brazilian economic sectors and can be used to develop more sustainable manufacturing processes. The assessment’s results show which sectors have
the greatest footprint based on per R$ 1 million and their total annual output. The dairy products industry has the highest footprint per R$ 1 million of final demand, whereas the steel mill sector has the highest footprint when the total annual industrial output of each sector is considered. The model construct may be used to identify the sectors that contribute the most to the final footprint of each industry. This information is a starting point for companies concerned with sustainable manufacturing and interested in the life cycle assessment of their products and services.
Keywords:
input-output, ecological footprint, sustainable manufacturing

Maps of sugarcane extent and expansion

page with satellite assessment of sugarcane plantations: http://www.dsr.inpe.br/mapdsr/

Plans for expansion of brazilian biofuels

This presentation summarizes an assessment of land suitable for new ethanol production http://www.feagri.unicamp.br/energia/ABIMAQ/expprodalcool.pdf

Welcome to our project blog

post article links and summaries here