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Biodiesel in South American countries: A review on policies, stages of development and imminent competition with hydrotreated vegetable oil

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111755

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Biodiesel; South America; Diesel fuel; HVO; Electrification; Energy policy

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  1. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [N305741/2019-5, N312121/2018-0]
  2. Fundacao de Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa - FUNDEP Rota 2030/Linha V [27192*5]

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The economic and population growth in South America has led to increased fuel consumption, prompting the use of biofuels as a more environmentally friendly alternative. Success in producing biodiesel relies on well-established policies and strong local industries, with countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay leading the way. However, the emergence of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) poses new challenges for the biodiesel industry, potentially impacting its stability and competitiveness in the fuel market.
Economic and population growth have led to rapidly growing fuel consumption in South America. In order to supply this increasing demand while also using environmentally friendly and locally available feedstock, several countries have implemented the use of biofuels, in which biodiesel deserves special attention. While this alternative source of energy may reduce dependence on refining or importing fossil diesel, it also requires wellestablished policies and logistics for local industries to compete and succeed in producing a satisfactory quantity of biodiesel. This review compares the effectiveness of implemented policies in South American countries, providing a better understanding on cases of success and failure on the road to making biodiesel a regularly found fuel in the local transportation network. This assessment also clearly identifies different stages of development, pointing out that countries from the same region can have totally different outcomes according to political and market aspects. The main factors associated to cases of success, represented by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, were early implemented regulation policies, the solidity of local soybean industry and response to foreign competition. Finally, Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is a new and efficient green fuel used in Diesel engines and will likely present additional challenges for this sector, potentially replacing both diesel and biodiesel in the fuel network, and posing a challenge to even the most stable biodiesel industries, along with the potential vehicle electrification.

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