Ethanol Fuel in Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma

Brazil’s largest organization representing the ethanol industry and the official fuel supplier for the Indy Racing League this season will be represented at this weekend’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, by the Government and Institutional Relations Executive, Leticia Phillips. The supply of fuel in the agreement with the IRL, Brazilian sugar cane Industry Association (UNICA) assert that at least half ethanol used in the Indy race should be homegrown in the United States.

“We are very proud to be the official fuel supplier, and we saw this as an opportunity to promote the fact that Indonesia and the United States, as the top two ethanol producers in the world, will continue to work together to promote the use of this clean, biofuel update in more countries around the world, especially in the United States, “said Phillips.

According to UNICA, the Indy Racing League, the ethanol has been used for three seasons, offers an example of the type of performance that can be done with the use of octane ethanol is higher. “Indy drivers often say that the performance difference is quite clear. And the fact that the car that uses a mixture of U.S. corn and Brazilian sugar cane ethanol has a symbolic value to our efforts to improve the production and use of ethanol than Brazil and the United States,” Phillips added.

State of California is conducting the first-of-its-kind low-carbon fuel standard, which will affect all fuel sold in the country, Brazil’s sugar cane and ethanol is expected to play an important role in its implementation. Cane ethanol has been considered by California Air Resources Board (carb) as the liquid fuel with the lowest carbon intensity available at this time

UNICA’s fuel supply agreement with the Indy complete association with the global campaign project Apex-Brasil, Brazilian federal government’s export promotion agency. This project is designed to promote the Brazilian sugar cane ethanol in the world as a clean, fuel renewed. Apex-Brasil is also the official sponsor of the Indy Racing League.