Brazilian ethanol and biodiesel targets

Brazil is second to the United States as the world’s top producer of ethanol. Brazil’s current standards require a 27% blend of ethanol in gasoline C, and gradually require an increase in biodiesel blends: 8% in March of 2017, 9% in March of 2018, and 10% in March of 2019. These mandates do not include land-use considerations or other life-cycle sustainability criteria. Law 11.097 of 2005 established the biodiesel requirements, with targets that National Council of Energy Policy eventually raised to 10% by 2019.