Raízen
Through a joint venture with Cosan, Shell has moved into the production of low-carbon biofuels: ethanol from Brazilian sugar cane.
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Shell and biofuels
We are building our capacity in today’s biofuels and working to make them more sustainable. We have moved into the large-scale production of biofuels through Raízen, a joint venture to produce biofuels from sugar cane in Brazil. With annual production capacity of over 2 billion litres – expected to double by 2015 – Raízen is one of the world’s largest biofuels producers. We are also developing advanced biofuels from non-food sources and using new conversion process: these have the potential to offer fewer CO2 emissions and can be blended in higher proportions with petrol and diesel than today’s biofuels.
Shell and advanced biofuels
We are developing biofuels from new sources using advanced conversion processes.
Biofuels and sustainability
We work to ensure that the biofuels we purchase have been produced in a sustainable way.
