Environmental and economic assessment of sugarcane first generation biorefineries in Brazil

Otávio Cavalett1, Tassia L. Junqueira2, Margarida Dias2, Charles D.F. Jesus1, Paulo E. Mantelatto1, Marcelo Pereira da Cunha1, Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco1, Terezinha F. Cardoso1, Rubens Maciel Filho2, Carlos Eduardo Vaz Rossell1, Antonio Bonomi1
1Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Campinas, Brazil
2Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol—CTBE, Caixa Postal 6170, 13083-970, Campinas, Brazil

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