ETH Bioenergia is a Brazil-based bioenergy

Bioenergy

Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. Biomass is any organic material which has stored sunlight in the form of chemical energy. As a fuel it may include wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugarcane, and many other byproducts from a variety of...

 company and the world biggest ethanol sugar cane company. The company is engaged in marketing ang logistics of ethanol, electricity energy and sugar. ETH Bioenergia isa company of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht

Odebrecht

Odebrecht S.A. is a Brazilian conglomerate in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 in Salvador da Bahia by Norberto Odebrecht, and is now present in South America, Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the...

, with equity of 33% Japan's Sojitz

Sojitz

is a trading corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates in many industries, including construction, forestry, plastics, chemicals, mining, petroleum, textiles, and international trade. Sojitz also participates in joint ventures with foreign companies in Japan....

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In 2009 the ETH Bioenergia bought Brenco , a Brazilian renovables enegy company and become the world leader in the production of ethanol from sugar cane.

The company produces 3 billion liters of ethanol per year, 2,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year of electricity energy from biomass, 37 millions tons osf sugarcane crushing and 600 thousand tons of sugar. Its takes 10% of Brazilian production and 5% of world production of biofuel.

The company has 9 production centers in 4 Brazilian states: São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

, Goiás

Goiás

Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

, Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...

 and Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising...

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The major competitors of ETH Bioenergia are Cosan

Cosan

Cosan is a public company, a Brazilian conglomerate producer of bioethanol, sugar and energy.-Biography:Cosan began in 1936 in Piracicaba city in State of São Paulo, with the founding of its first factory for milling of sugar cane...

, Louis Dreyfus Group

Louis Dreyfus Group

Louis Dreyfus Group is a diversified French private company that is involved in agriculture and energy commodities...

 and Bunge

Bunge

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