date:Dec 05, 2018
ent maker, told Reuters it has hired 200 people to cope with a surge in orders.
Brazil first rolled out policies to use more biofuels in 1975 after OPECs supply embargo drove up oil prices. So-called flex-fuel cars that run on pure ethanol or a gasoline-ethanol blend now make up 80 percent of Brazils light vehicle fleet.
In a new push, the government this year approved a program called RenovaBio that mandates fuel distributors to gradually increase the amount of biofuels they sell from 2020.