5.2.1. Sugarcane Ethanol

This option considers ethanol produced from sugarcane as a partial substitute for gasoline by mixing up to 10% (in volume basis) of the gasoline, which is an ethanol widely used for blending around the world [62]. In this measure we adopted the technical assumptions used in [37], published in its supporting information appendix (see Table 9), where a surface of 2.9 million hectares (Mha) is required to establish sugarcane crops to introduce sugarcane ethanol. The ethanol production is planned to begin in year 4 with a processing plant that produces 170 million liters (ML)/year and this capacity grows to a total of 139 plants with the same capacity by year 25. Finally, the cost structure given by [37] it is also assumed for this measure.
