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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Planejamento Energético (NIPE) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduate in Mechanical Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1978), Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1981), Specialist in Energy Economy in Fundación Bariloche (1985) and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1987). He was Visiting Scientist at FAO (Rome, 1997/1998), Technical Director of the National Petroleum Agency (1998/2004), Visiting Researcher at ECLAC (2008) and IRENA (2018). He retired in 2013 as a full professor at the Institute of Natural Resources of the Federal University of Itajubá. He also worked as consultant to United Nations agencies (FAO, ECLAC, UNDP, UNIDO, UN Environment) on energy issues. Prof. Horta has experience in Mechanical Engineering, focusing technical, economic and environmental aspects of energy systems, mainly related to cogeneration, bioenergy (ethanol, biodiesel and bioelectricity) and energy efficiency in end uses. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Modern and sustainable bioenergy production may be an effective way to substitute substantial portions of energy demand for transportation in the future. According to Doornbosch and Steenblik (2007), 60% of the total world's potentially available land could be used produce bioenergy by 2050 (440Mha), of which around 60% (250Mha) will be in Latin America & Caribbean and 180Mha in Africa).…
From the socioeconomics point-of-view, the bioenergy derived from sugarcane stands for the great capacity of job creation (direct and indirect) and yield, because of the high capillarity, locally, in comparison to the oil and derivatives. From the environment point-of-view, as flexible culture, highly sustainable, high potential to mitigate the climate change effects and the possibility t…
The usage of wood as the only energy source for cooking in some developing countries is still a tough reality. In Latin America, the dependency on that kind of energy source corresponds to approximately 15%, whereas it raises up to 67% in Africa and even 80% in Sub-Saharan Africa, indicating how harsh is the reality for the latter areas. The high dependency on traditional biomass energy s…
Around 60% of the total world's potentially available land could be used to produce bioenergy by 2050 (440 Mha), of which almost 100% are placed in Latin America & Caribbean and Africa. In this sense, it is clear that the world will depend on these continents for future expansion of bioenergy. However, the advance of modern energy alternatives may face challenges such as technical, enviro…
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This project aims to assist IRENA in preparing a report on Scaling Up Sustainable Sugarcane Bioenergy [in Africa and the Caribbean], which will assess bioethanol potential from sugarcane and energy cane, the costs of sugarcane or energy cane bioethanol compared with petroleum-derived petrol, the costs of electricity from sugarcane or energy residues compared with electricity from other so…
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