Brazil bets on macaúba palm to make renewable diesel and aviation biofuel

Mongabay
May 21, 2025, 1:23 pm538 ptsHotTop
Macaúba palm, also known as macaw palm, grows all over the Americas. Now, a drive by the Brazilian government to incentivize the decarbonization of the transportation and aviation sectors has resulted in numerous companies turning to this palm as a potential feedstock to be refined into liquid biofuels and…

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