The Brazilian National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) enacted the “Fuel of the Future” Federal Government Program, aimed at expanding the use of sustainable fuels and the development of fuel technologies for land, water and air transportation.
Resolution n. 7/2021 from the Brazilian National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) enacted the “Fuel of the Future” Federal Government Program, designed to promote measures for expanding the use of sustainable fuels and the development of fuel technologies, covering land, water, and air transportation (article 1). It also established a technical committee, namely “CT-CF”, which, according to article 6, must present a final report containing the program’s conclusions and recommendations within 180 days of the designation of the committee’s members.
The Fuel of the Future program is comprised of six guiding principles, including environmental protection, consumer protection, and economic efficiency (listed in article 1), and of four strategic guidelines (article 2):
- Integrating related policies, e.g., RenovaBio, PNPB, PROCONVE, Rota 2030, CONPET programs;
- Fostering the reduction of the average carbon intensity in the Brazilian energy matrix;
- Assessing the environmental-energy efficiency in the fuel lifecycle, over land, water or air transportation;
- Promoting innovation and technological development.
The program will foster the use of sustainable fuels by designing policies to introduce biofuels to water and air transportation and improve current biofuels product specification; proposing improvements to the regulatory stock related to carbon capture and storage technologies; and developing incentives to invest in sustainable fuel Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) initiatives. More details on the program are presented in article 3. The CT-CF will be coordinated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), and subcommittees can be formed to conduct in-depth research. More information on the program is available here.
