Technical Committee 2: Latin America 10 September 2014, Porto Alegre

GHG emissions of soybean production

- results of the latest study

Prof. Dr. Carlos Clemente Cerri

 Carbon footprint of soybean biodiesel

STAGES OF PRODUCTION

PROCESSING OF BIODIESEL TRANSPORT AND

AGRICULTURAL SOYBEAN OIL PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION
 Soybean biodiesel producBon
AGRICULTURAL
TRANSPORT AND
TILLAGE DISTRIBUTION EU PORT
FUELS
Diesel
SEED Petro
Ethanol
INPUTS Oil SHIPPING
Fertilizers Electricity ROAD TRANSPORT Santos Port
Lime Paulínia
Pesticides
Seeds
Crop residues BIODIESEL BIODIESEL
PRODUCTION Glycerin

OIL REFINING Cooking oil

Refined oil
CORN CROP
Off-season

STORAGE OIL PROCESSING

TRANSPORT

CRUDE OIL
EXTRACTION MEAL
Sources of GHG Emission
 Sources of GHG emission
Agricultural Processing of Biodiesel
stage soybean oil producBon

Inputs Inputs Inputs

Fertilizers Hexane Methanol
Lime N liquid Methylate
Pesticides Caustic soda HCl
Seeds Phosphoric acid Caustic soda
Crop residues Citric acid Catalysts

Fuels
Fuels
Fuels
Diesel BPF Diesel
Petrol Firewood Petrol
Ethanol Wood chip Ethanol
Oil LPG

Electricity Electricity Electricity

 Agricultural stage – Evaluated farms

Mato Grosso state

114 farms

8
10
7
8
15 2007/08
9
10 2008/09
2009/10
10
11
8
7
11

Soybean cultivation
Calcula<ng the C footprint: Methodology
 Par<cipa<ng companies

114 farms
Results
 v Greenhouse gases

CO2 CH4 N2O

Global
warming
potencial
1
25 298

CO2 equivalent
CO2e
 Carbon footprint of B100

Expression on energy basis: gCO2equivalent/MJ

BIODIESEL DELIVERED IN PAULÍNIA

 Carbon footprint of B100

Expression on energy basis: gCO2equivalent/MJ

BIODIESEL DELIVERED IN PAULÍNIA

19.8 – 22.5
Relative contribution (%)
Prossessing Biodiesel Transport and
Agricultural of soybean oil production distribution

21-24 19-40 23-48 12

 Carbon footprint of B100
Expression on energy basis : gCO2equivalent/MJ
BIODIESEL DELIVERED IN EUROPE
 Carbon footprint of B100
Expression on energy basis: gCO2equivalent/MJ
BIODIESEL DELIVERED IN EUROPE

23.2 – 26.3
Relative contribution (%)
Processing of Biodiesel Transport and
Agricultural
soybean oil production distribution

18-20 16-35 20-43 23-25

 Carbon footprint of B100

European diesel
83.8 gCO2/ MJ

Biodiesel B100
C footprint GHG reduc<on
gCO2eq/ MJ %

APROSOJA 69
ABIOVE 23.2 – 26.3
UBRABIO 72
 Projec<on of GHG emission reduc<on of Diesel (B)
GHG emissions from pure diesel: 85.2 gCO2e/MJ

biodiesel biodiesel biodiesel

biodiesel
biodiesel

85.2 81.9 80.6 78.6 75.4 72.1

-1.6%
- 4.0%
- 8.0%
- 12.0%

100%
Diesel
B 5 B 7 B 10 B 15 B 20
 Economic impacts

B5 B7 B5 B7

R$ 0.007 / bus pass R$ 0.20 / unit

B5 B10 B5 B10

R$ 0.017 / bus pass R$ 0.50 / unit

(ABIOVE, 2014)
Technical Committee 2: Latin America 10 September 2014, Porto Alegre

GHG emissions of soybean production

- results of the latest study

Prof. Dr. Carlos Clemente Cerri