BIOMASS BRAZIL WOOD

PELLETS, WOOD CHIPS

AND BRIQUETTING

Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy S.A.

S.A.
1419, Estrada's Canoe São Conrado - Rio de
Janeiro

International CMO Business Biomass and

Renewable Energy 570, Candido Hartmann,
24-
24- 243 Champgnat Curitiba Paraná, Brazil
Phone-
Phone-Fax:+005541 33352284 88630864
88630864
Skype CelsoOliveira1 Url:
www.internationalrenewablesenergy.com
www.internationalrenewablesenergy.com
info@internationalrenewablesenergy.com or
cmoconsultoria@onda.com.br

European Energy Srl Portugal R. Particular -

Avilhó 26 4460-
4460-787 Custóias Mts Porto e-
e-mail
cmoconsultoria@sapo.pt
INTRODUCTION
Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy

Since 2004 International CMO Business Biomass and 2008 Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy S.A.
specializing in the renewable energy and energy efficient biomass. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy
has a strong business association with network international partners who bring deep and broad
experience to the renewable energy sector. In 2008 started the project to export wood chips and pellets to
the international market. Today operates directly in the Brazilian market and also with partners in Chile,
Uruguay and Argentina exporting to the European market and the Asian Premium Wood chips and pellets.

Vision. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy a global renewable energy company to export and biomass
(wood chips and pellets) to the international market.

Mission. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy mission is to be a sustainable and environmentally
adapted producer fuel, electricity, heat and biomass through solutions for waste management a renewable
energy and energy efficiency.

Strategy. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy primary market segment is biomass and wood chips,
pellets or agro pellets. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy focuses on the process, project and
financing of the plant Centre Processing Biomass south Brazil. Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy will
use proven and efficient technical solutions leveraging upon the knowledge base and existing
implementations in Brazil, Portugal and United States. At we pride ourselves on our innovative approach,
backed by a straight forward business model and a proven ability to identify and realize valuable
opportunities. The benefit to the environment is significant. Our goal is to make this year the Brazilian
authorities for the project to convert the waste as a matter of generating energy and for carbon credits
(more info www.internationalrenewablesenergy.com).

EUBIA, the European Biomass Industry Association, was established in 1996 as an international non profit
association in Brussels, Belgium. It groups together market forces, technology providers, and knowledge
centres, all of them active in the field of biomass. I am writing to you on behalf of the European Biomass
Industry Association and we would be interested in developing an international partnership with the
International Business Biomass. European Biomass Industry Association Renewable Energy Brussels
Belgium

Renewable heat and power generation. Biomass boilers and CHP has a large potential to reduce both cost
and CO2 emissions compared to gas and fired units.

Market International: Tapping a long history of efficient, and increasingly renewable, district heating
involving combined heat and power generation, many industrial and domestic activities could become
substantially more efficient and sustainable.

Projects: The company is currently involved in a feasibility study for a medium size CHP facility fuelled with
wood chips and wood pellets in Centre Biomass South Brazil. Other biomass options include agricultural
byproducts, wood pellets and recovered biogas (methane). Co-firing renewable and fossil fuels is also
possible. Clearly renewable biomass “clean” energy is the only viable way forward for a sustainable world.

Celso Marcelo de Oliveira is share holder and director of a Brazilian company that operates in projects of
biomass in Brazil and Chile and shareholder of a company that develops projects in Portugal, the European
Union. It is Director of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in southern Brazil and the Brazilian.

International CMO Law. Member Brazilian Institute of Banking Law, Brazilian Institute Consumer Policy and
Law, Brazilian Institute of Tax, Brazilian Academy of Tax Law, Brazilian Institute of Company Law, Brazilian
Academy of Constitutional Law. International CMO Business Biomass BrazilBrazil in Partnership for Sustainable
Development and United Nations, Member American Council on Renewable Energy (USA), National Network
of Biomass in Brazil, American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in
Southern Brazil, World Confederation Business Portuguese Communities and Commercial Service of the
United States in Brazil. Affiliated United Kingdom of the Mortgage Consultants International and Property
Consultants or American Homeowners or Association Council of Institucional Investors and American Home
Mortgage Investment and International FIABCI
BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A. – EUROPEAN ENERGY SRL
President CEO Dr. Celso Marcelo de Oliveira

BRAZIL BIOMASS
BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.
Dr. Adhemar Cavalieri Junior
Director General

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Enga. Dra. Melissa Harris Carelli
Director Engineering

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE

RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.
Dra. Maria Denise Martins de Oliveira
Director Legal

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Dr. Carlos Roberto Correa
Department Science and Tecnology Company
Company

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Dr.
Dr. Jörn Lüdtke
Department Shipping & Chartering - Germany

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Jorge Granado
Department Chartering & Shipping - Brazil

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND

AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.
Roberto Beck
Department of Trade Business

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Luciano Simões
Department Logistics of Supply

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Jeferson Bastos
Bastos
Division of Business Rio Grande do Sul

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

Gabriel de Souza
Division of Business Santa Catarina

BRAZIL BIOMASS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY S.A.

S.A.
Douglas Pinheiro
Division of Business São Paulo

UFV – Universidade Federal de Viçosa

IPT – Instituto de Presquisas Tecnológica – USP
Lippel Briquetting
CANADÁ – FPInnovations – Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canadá - Eng. Dr. Ricado Teixeira

USA –ACORE –American Council on Renewable Energy - Prof. Dr. Tom Weirich

USA-
USA- Balcones Fuel Technology - Prof. Dr. Randi L. Wolf

MÉXICO – Latin American Wind and Energy Renewable Association - Dr. Mauricio Trujillo

UK–
UK– Skanbio Renewable Energy – Inglaterra-
Inglaterra- Finlândia - Suécia - Dr. Keijo Kunttu

UK–
UK– Energy Net Limited - Dr. Rod Cargill

GERMANY – Programme for Biomass

Biomass & Energy – GTZ/Probec - Dr. Crispin Pemberton-
Pemberton-Pigott

GERMANY – Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft – Energie Forum - Dr. Christian Brenning

AUSTRÁLIA – Bio Energy and Sustainable Foresty Consultants - Dr. Peter Davies

AUSTRÁLIA – Biomass Energy Services

Services – Best Energies Australia Pty - Dr. Robert Downie

SINGAPURA – Inferno Global HQ – Biodiesel or Biofuel - Dr. Ron Tan

Barroman S. A. – Dario Kirschbaum

Cree Industries - John O. Olsen
Tally Tropicals Inc - Martin Nachim
Elite International Business - Leo Ickowicz
Globe Trade Import Export Claudia Gale
Asiskyb Lda Miguel Santos
Energy Trading - Savvas Kassianos
V & P Trading – Cristian Pauliano
Broflame Houtpellets - Henk van den Broek
Eastco International-
International- Jan Troost
Expor Impor Global Maderas - Manuel da Foseca
Engo Tech GmbH Business - Felipe Messerli
Pellets Trading - Hildebrandt Roland Winther
Biorema GmbH – Alexander Kunde
Denergi Aps – Frank Madsen
Beijieg Import & Export Co - Nanning Liu
Poerful Commercial Trading Liminted – Brella Liang
Integrated Business Applications Limited – Ash
PT Surya Pratama Makmur – Michael Santoso
Biz Pons Trading - Kyu-Joo LEE
BFB Thailand Agent – Dennis Peacock
South Africa Renewable Energy Engineer Technology Centre
Bruce Manson and Associates – Bruce Manson
Takara Furnishings Pty Ltd–
Ltd– Karla Black
B & H Exports – Ross Burrows
 Biomass Brazil

Biomass energy supports the agricultural and forest industries. The main biomass feedstocks for power are paper mill
refuse, lumber mill scrap, forest clearance, the debris from tree pruning, etc. Also, cleaning and clearing forest reduces
the risk of forest fires. Under the framework of the Kyoto Agreement, the generation of electricity from biomass does not
compute in terms of emissions, as the process involves the release of carbon previously fixed in the atmosphere by
photosynthesis.

Brasil Biomass either contribute to the international market with the biomass produced directly from Brazil with
high-tech reducing CO2 emissions. We present an alternative sustainable energy for your company so that it can replace
the use of fossil fuels for the production of energy and industrial products, for a biomass energy (wood-chips Brazil,
Brazil wood-pellets and agro-pellets). To help in this transition, wants to be your partner in business to encourage
busine ss development in advanced technologies of biomass.

It reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Burning biomass releases about the same amo unt of carbon dioxide as burning
fossil fuels. However, fossil fuels release carbon dioxide captured by photosynthesis millions of years ago, while biomass
releases carbon dioxide that is largely balanced by the carbon dioxide captured in its own growth. The use of biomass
can reduce the dependence on foreign oil because biofuels are the only renewable liquid transportation fuels available at
present. Widespread resources are available.

A renewable, sustainable resource. A positive impact in moderating global climate change (burn cleanly with low sulfur
emissions) . Favorable policies support biomass power generation. Bio mass one of the few renewable technologies that
can provide competitively priced electricity today. Most biomass power generation plants utilize the same technology
with coal fired power plants. Cost of power generation from biomass on a decreasing trajectory mainly due to
improvements in the technology.
 Biomass Wood Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America. Approximately 2.3 million square kilometers -- 27 percent of Brazil’s total area
of 8.5 million square kilometers -- can be considered "frontier" forest. Brazil's frontier forests comprise 17 percent of the
world's remaining frontiers, making it the third highe st ranked country in terms of remaining frontier forest. Brazil has the
third largest block of remaining frontier forest in the world and ranks first in plant biodiversity among frontier forest nations.

Much of the raw materials International CMO Biomass we use for biomass comes from certified forests. FSC
promotes forest sustainability by evaluating the company’s forest management practices considering economic
viability, ecological integrity and social justice. Forest products with the FSC logo come from forests that meet
the internationally recognized FSC Principles and Criteria of Forest Stewardship. Forest inspections are carried
out by FSC accredited certification bodies.
 Production Wood Chips Brazil
Making of Timber by official of the Business Biomass

We are co mmited to the reforestation, mantainance and recovery of pine as well as native specie s of Brazil. Our team
guarantees the excellence of our raw material. We prune the trees in order to get the best products to you as shown
below.
 Suppliers of certified timber in forests and notes of origin of the wood

Wood of international quality for use in the pulp and paper and combustion in place of non-renewable
energy and emitting CO2.
 SoftWood Chips Paper International CMO Brazil

Wood chips and other low-grade wood wastes are the major type of biomass fuel. Other common biomass fuel sources are
agricultural. Wood-chips are cut according to the sizes ordered by the buyers and they are dishydrated through. Wood
residues from pulp and paper manufacturing, lumber mills, and other industrial wood users are frequently used for producing
biomass electricity. Hundreds of biomass fuel systems are currently at work in different parts heating schools, government
complexes, and entire city downtowns, as well as producing renewable electricity. Biomass is a renewable fuel that can be
sustainably produced. It makes sense to use biomass in place of conventional, non renewable fuels - oil, gas, and coal - for
several good reasons:

Biomass fuel is a local product. In contrast to coal or petroleum-based fuel, biomass is grown and harvested on local and
regional forests and farms. Energy dollars spent on biomass fuel stay in the regional economy, creating jobs and supporting
forestry and agriculture. Bio mass fuel prices are generally lower and more stable. Wood Chip is readily available and
cheaper than mains gas and oil. Wood Chip is a renewable energy source. Wood Chip combustion is carbon neutral. Wood
Fuel heating systems can be fully automated. Wood Fuel heating systems convert 90% of the fuel into usable heat energy.
The South has the most dense woodland in Brazil. 75% of all woodland in the South Brazil is privately owned which could lead
to alternative revenue sources.
The advantages of wood chip Brazil Biomass are:
• it is cheap, often as cheap as logs and now cheaper than mains gas;
• it is a standardised product with Europe wide quality standards in place;
• fully automated, highly efficient boiler systems are available;
• it can be made from a wide range of raw materials, often sourced locally.
 Port Structure Imbituba – Santa Catarina
Our company operates directly in the port of Imbituba, Santa Catarina. The Port has structure for the export of
wood chips. We present some photos of Porto.
 Port Structure Imbituba – Santa Catarina

Our company has a large industrial structure in the port of Imbituba, Santa Catarina. See above the ground where
we have a structure for the export of wood chips.
Industrial Wood Chips Santa Catarina
Port Arraial Cabo – Rio de Janeiro
Logistics and Transportation Wood Chips Brazil
 Wood Chips Brazil Biomass
Laboratory testing and final product Premium Wood Chips Eucalyptus Brazil
 Premium SoftWood Chips Brazil
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 Wood Pellets Energy Brazil
Wood Pellets are a form of compacted biomass in order to increase the density of the fuel and thus making it
more economic to transport over longer distances.

Most pellets are made from sawdust and ground wood chips, which are waste materials from trees used to
make furniture, lumber, and other products. Resins and binders (lignin) occurring naturally in the sawdust hold
wood pellets together, so they usually contain no additives.

Other materials, like straw, corn, nut hulls and similar can also be used to produce pellets, but those are less
common. Pellets are cylindrical in form and their typical dimensions are 5-6 mm in diameter and 15-25 mm in
length. Features: 1) Raw material: Pellet fuel is made mainly of sawdust, shavings and fines leftover after
processing trees for lumber and other wood products. At a pellet mill the material is dried, compressed, and
formed into small eraser-sized bits. They are clean, pleasant smelling and smooth to touch. 2) Working
principle: Adopts gear transition and makes pellets.

The environmental benefits of Wood Pellets. Carbon Reduction-CO2 is taken from the atmosphere by trees
during their life which is released back when burnt or during the natural process of decay. Even allowing for
the carbon produced in planting harvesting sawing and transportation of timber and the manufacture and
delivery of pellets, it is estimated that the net reduction in CO2 emissions is 90% better when comparing the use
of Wood Pellets to Fossil Fuels.

Wood Pellets are clean. Unlike most other fuels wood pellets are environment clean, when spilt they can be
collected and used as fuel or compost, when burnt the ash produced can be used in the garden as a fertilizer.
Wood is a renewable fuel. Never removes trees faster from the forest than it is added to by natural growth,
modern plantation methods make it possible to plant and harvest forests within a 30 year cycle.

Wood Pellets Brazil are produced from compressing coarse saw dust through holes in a metal ring
dye. A quantity of dust will reduce to between a half and a quarter of its original volume during the
process. Friction generated during manufacture creates heat that in turn releases the natural
lignins within the dust.

The Pellet Advantage Brazil : 10 reasons you will warm up to the idea of a wood pellet home
heating system.

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 Premium Wood Pellets Pinus Brazil

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Laboratorio Biomasse Area Ingegneria Agraria

Dipartimento S.A.S.C Università Politecnica delle Marche
Parametro Unità Risultato Metodologia

CODICE CAMPIONE E000001108

CERTIFICATO ANALISI N°1108

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IDENTIFICATIVO origine: Brasile

RICHIEDENTE FMR
Umidità % 7,7 prCEN/TS 14774
Potere calorifico netto kcal/kg 4153 prCEN/TS 14918
Potere calorifico netto kJ/kg 17384 prCEN/TS 14918
Potere calorifico inferiore kcal/kg 4550 prCEN/TS 14918
Potere calorifico inferiore kJ/kg 19046 prCEN/TS 14918
CARBONIO % 51,46 prCEN/TS 15104
IDROGENO % 6,35 prCEN/TS 15104
AZOTO % 0,56 prCEN/TS 15104
OSSIGENO
OSSIGENO % 41,43 Per calcolo (prCEN/TS 15104)

Osservazioni
Analisi riferita al campione come ricevuto
Analisi riferita al campione secco
Analisi della sostanza minerale

PRELIEVO EFFETTUATO DA
CONDIZIONI CAMPIONE PESO
PERIODO PROVE dal 09/01/2008 al

DATA REPORT
REPORT 18/01/2008
Ceneri % 0,3 prCEN/TS 14775
Potere calorifico superiore kcal/kg 4872 prCEN/TS 14918
Potere calorifico superiore kJ/kg 20392 prCEN/TS 14918

DATA RICEVIMENTO 09/01/2008

Dott. Giuseppe Toscano Laboratorio Biomasse Area Ingegneria Agraria
Dipartimento
Dipartimento S.A.S.C Università Politecnica delle Marche

Note Il responsabile del laboratorio

Dott. Giuseppe Toscano
Laboratorio Biomasse - Università Politecnica delle Marche –
Dipartimento di Scienze Applicate ai Sistemi Complessi - Via Brecce
Bianche 60131
60131 ANCONA - Tel: 0712204297 - 0712204917 Fax:0712204858
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Length min. 80% between 5 and 30 mm (max. 45 mm)
C a lo r i f 4719 Kcal/Kg
Sulfur <0.08%
Humidity 12,0%
Density 0,65 Gr/cm3
Bulk weight 650 kg/m³ to 690 kg/m³
energy content min 4.6 kWh/kg
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Water content max. 10 %
Ash content 05 - 1.0 %
Dust content (before transport) max. 1 %
Abrasion max. 2.3 %
Binding agent Prohibited
Impurities none
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Analysenergebnisse: Wood Pellets Bracatinga Brazilian Sustainable Bioenergy

Sehr geehrter Herr Ahaus, anbei erhalten Sie die Analysenergebnisse der in Auftrag gegebenen Proben:

Brazilian Sustainable Bioenergy –

Die Analysen wurden gemäß der aufgelisteten Normen durchgeführt.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

______________________________
Dr.-Ing. Christian Wirtgen
Oberingenieur
- Anhang
Prüfbericht
Auftraggeber:
Amandus Kahl Hamburg
Probenbezeichnung:
Brazilian Sustainable Bioenergy
Probeneingang:
Beginn der Analysen:

Wood Pellets Bracatinga Brazilian Sustainable Bioenergy

Einheit DIN Plus

Grenzwerte

Wassergehaltan ... [Gew.-%] <12 <10 <10 10,6

Aschegehaltwf...... [Gew.-%] <1,5 <0,5 <0,5 0,67
Heizwert Hu, wf ..... [kJ/kg] 17.5-19.5 >18.000 >18.000 18.630
Stickstoffwf........... [Gew.-%] <0,30 <0,30 <0,30 0,12
Schwefelwf........... [Gew.-%] <0,08 <0,04 <0,04 <0,01
Chlorwf................. [Gew.-%] <0,03 <0,02 <0,02
Arsenwf [mg/kg] 0,8
Cadmiumwf [mg/kg] 0,5
Chromwf [mg/kg] 8
Kupferwf [mg/kg] 5
Quecksilberwf [mg/kg] 0,05
Bleiwf [mg/kg] 10
Zinkwf [mg/kg] 100
EOXwf [mg/kg] 3
Abrieban............... [Gew.-%] - <2,3 <2,3 1,8
Dichteroh .............. [kg/dm³] 1,0-1,4 >1,12 >1,12 1,21
Durchmesseran....[mm] 4-10 4-10 4-10 6,4
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The analyses Pellets Bagasse Sugar Cane Brazil had been doing at the Energy
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Diameter 6 mm
Density 0,60 Gr/cm3
Power Calorif 4.780 kcal/Kg
PCI = 8.100 x C + 28.700 (H2 – O2) - 600 x H2O (em kcal/kg) PCS = 4.780
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Carbon: 14,07 %
Hydrogen: 6,7 %
Nitrogen: 0.98 %
Sulphur: 0,11 %
Chlorine: 5400 ppm
Volatile Matter: 65,5 %
Ashes Composition (Source Enel It): CaO: 18,37 %
MgO: 4,66 %
Na2O: 1,13 %
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Ti2O 1,4 %
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Dust content (before transport) max. 1 %
Abrasion max. 2.3 %
Binding agent Prohibited
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 Project Sumary Center Biomass Brazil
Utilization of biomass and wood chips or pellets in distributed power plants, both for heat generation and
possibly for heat and power co-generation, feeding district heating networks, represents a priority action
with respect to the objectives of the International energy policy, in terms of reduction of CO2 emissions,
energy supply security, energy efficiency, environmental improvement at local level in highly polluted
residential areas and social acceptability. Properly selected projects may represent the least cost
investment towards these objectives. Scope of the Project is the technical configuration of optimum
models of energy conversion plants of biomass - wood chips or pellets selected residual biomass, based
on viable new technologies.

Information Nominee: City Imbituba, Brazil

Project Title: Center Biomass Brazil
Country:
Country Brazil
Nominating Institution: Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy Brazil S.A.
Business sector: Energy
Public/Private: Private
Project description and objectives: The project involves the construction of biomass production facility in
South Brazil, by International CMO Biomass.
Transition impact:
impact The project will have a significant transition Impact derived mainly from: supporting
regional expansion business encouraging foreign direct investments into South Brazil, skill transfer as well
as demonstration effect of environmentally sound wood processing and bio-fuel industry (Pellet) in Brazil,
promotion of sustainable forest management standards and certification through market mechanisms in
Brazil. The project will also contribute to the facilitation of more efficient use of wood resources.

Contract Exports Biomass Wood Chips 2008

Italy Wood Chips 350.000 /ton

Turky Wood Chips 300.000 /ton
China Wood Chips 250.000 /ton
Hong Kong Wood Chips 150.000 /ton
USA Wood Chips 216.000 /ton
Germany Wood Chips 240.000 /ton

Investment Project US$ 25 million

Investment Port US$ 3 million

High demand: Attend the external and internal demand. Seeks of partnerships for implant the project: Strategic
planning, technical capacity, know how and commercial contacts.
Partners investors: Financial resources and strategic factors for boost the business.
We provide direct investment and help in locating matching grants and investments for start-ups or expanding
companies. Our funding supports promising technologies at the early stages of development presenting too
great a risk for private capital sources.
Direct investments range from US$ 500,000 to US$ 25 million, and are targeted to research and development
projects where a clear pathway to commercialization can be shown.
Estimate of annual net profit: USD 177.2 millions.

500.000 metric/tons * $245 per ton = $122,500,000.00 + REC Credits and Tax Incentives
Major advantages:
1. Reduced logistics costs.
2. Favorable Public Opinion support for not exporting an Renewable Resource to a foreign country.
3. Favorable Geopolitical support for making the market less dependent on oil from political unstable regions of the
world.
4. Economically strengthening the declining pulpwood market.
5. Increase the environmental safety of Forests by applying Silviculture practices.
6. Political exposure.
7. Reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere
Wood Procurement issues:
issues: Similarly to its Brazil operations, the Company will be required to adopt
and implement sustainable wood procurement plan and procedures that are in line with
internationally recognised sustainable forest management standards, ensuring that:

(i) the wood does not originate from statutory protected forests, forest areas included in nature
conservation programmes or sites which have been notified by the authorities to be excluded from
felling;

(ii) the origin of the wood is monitored;

(iii) suppliers operate according to the principles of sustainable development, in compliance with
the legislation currently in force and under the supervision of state authorities; and

(iv) the biodiversity and the functions of the forest ecosystem are maintained in accordance with
internationally and nationally approved principles.

The project provides an opportunity to further promote sustainable forest management standards
and certification through market mechanisms in Brazil. The project will also be promoting bio-fuel
(wood chips or pellet) manufacturing industry and markets in Brazil.

City of Imbituba. The city of Imbituba (Santa Catarina, Brazil) offers favorable elements for a positive
outcome and an important impact of the Project Center Biomass Brazil, namely: a) Large availability
of residual and virgin biomass; b) Technological know-how and experience in new technologies; c)
Industrialization associated with strong energy demand; d) Favorable conditions for the installation
of Center Biomass Brazil.

The project focuses on the city of Imbituba in the southern Brazil state of Sant Catarina and a
population of 39,000 people accompanied by pronounced environmental sensitivity, which offers
several local factors providing a favourable round for a positive outcome and an important impact of
the Project, namely: The area is typically industrial, having 20,000 people employed in the industry,
out of which 12.5 % work in the wood and furniture sector, that produces residual, mainly
contaminated biomass, with high energy content.

The administration of the port has been receiving a lot of investment. In the future the Brazilian
government wishes to invest a lot of money to transform the port into one of the most important ports
in Brazil. The intense residential housing, combined with a rather extreme climate offers numerous
homogeneous and delimited areas exhibiting favourable parameters for the implementation of district
heating systems.

The virgin biomass is partly utilized as raw material for different products (compost, particle boards).
The available biomass needs to be classified and selected and properly utilized for energy production.
The integration with biomass sources can improve the efficiency and economy of the production and
stimulate the complete expansion of the system.
 Potential Impact Center Biomass Brazil
The environmental benefits of the use of renewable resources, in terms of reduction of CO2 emissions
(Kyoto objective) and of increased security of energy supply, are at the base of the energetic policy of the
Brazil. An environmental benefit at local level, related to improvement of the air quality, is due to take
place as a result of the elimination of conventional heating boilers, of the selection of
environment-friendly technologies and of the particular attention in the decisions relevant to plants
location.

1. Introduction
Promoting a diversity of renewable energy generating resources in Santa Catarina is good energy policy
for a state that has an electricity system heavily dependent on hydropower and increasingly dependent
on fossil fuels. Because some renewable energy fuels are freely accessible and others are not subject to
fossil fuel price swings, they help stabilize electric rates. They contribute to a healthy electric power
infrastructure. Similarly, developing a biofuels industry in Brazil will help reduce our dependence on
petroleum for transportation.

As importantly, developing the state’s renewable energy resources, related manufacturing and research
and development presents a huge economic opportunity, particularly in rural parts of the state where
economic development can be most challenging. Investments stay in Brazil, creating jobs and growing a
“second crop” for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. Finally, renewable energy is an investment in
the environment by displacing the use of fossil fuel generation and avoiding numerous pollutants and
global warming gases.

The energy conversion projects from biomass can be classified as priority ones for the object of a
rational and efficient use of biomass in a Sustainable Energy System, both at Brazil level, but their
development is hindered by considerable barriers, deriving from the complexity of their numerous
components, such as: Collection, transport and storage system for biomass of different classes (virgin
and residual). Energy conversion plant of moderate capacity, subject to new and strict regulatory rules
with respect to environmental impact.

Specifically, the impact of the Project can be broadly referred to several contents: a) Presentation of the
legislative and regulations framework in a new and complex sector such as biomass utilization, with
reference to the specific prescriptions. b) Rationalization of the biomass market and selection of the
biomass which can be conveniently utilized, within the specific context of Sant Catarina. c)
Identification of efficient, proven and economic technologies for biomass transformation, and selection
of the optimum models in the framework of biomass availability and of heat demand. d) Example of
territorial investigation and planning of district heating systems, presentation of methodologies and
results in real conditions, in order to disseminate the knowledge, identify opportunities in the area and
stimulate the application in similar areas. e) Reduction of the emissions and improvement of the
environmental impact of the energy sector as a whole.f) Evaluation of the viability conditions for some
actual cases, in terms of technical, environmental and economic aspects, singling out benefits, limits,
constraints and barriers.

The biomass utilization may provide the following impact with respect to standards: 1. Increase of the
local market of biomass as a fuel. 2. Push towards a modernization of the Brazilian regulations relevant
to the plants for combustion of fossil fuel, that even today foresee the compulsory adoption of the open
expansion vessel, with an overall increase of the construction costs and sometimes decrease of the
efficiency of the energy conversion process. 3. Push towards the development of rules and standards for
the determination of the avoided CO2 emissions and the saving of fossil fuel, in view of the application
of the Kyoto protocol and of the titles of energy efficiency. 4. Making the region as a national center for
the export of biomass in the form of wood chips to meet the high demand internationally. This project vai
directly benefit the local community with the generation of thousands of jobs and support the
entrepreneurs of Forestry with a new alternative to implement their business. It is a pioneer project in
Brazil and must have international support.
Santa Catarina has long been one of the nation’s Brazilian leaders in encouraging renewable energy resources.

Among the benefits of renewable energy for the state: • A net increase of 250 new jobs with each $50 million
investment in renewable energy resources • Additions to the rural tax base and opportunities for local economic
development. • Income diversification in rural areas, which helps preserve family farms and ranches. • Using
forest residues to produce energy can improve forest health, reduce wildfire risk and fire suppression costs, and
reduce overall smoke emissions from forestland burning. • Clean transportation fuels can come from Santa
Catarina farm and forest products, instead of from out-of-state sources. • Generating energy from waste gas at
dairies, landfills and sewage treatment plants can reduce environmental liabilities and provide another revenue
source for businesses and communities. • Renewable resources help insulate from volatile fossil-fuel prices. •
Using renewable energy resources reduces air pollution, thereby reducing health care costs and limiting the
impact of likely stricter federal emission standards in the future. • A healthy environment helps attract and retain
businesses and is also very important to the tourist industry.

2. The Benefits of Renewable Energy Resources

Fossil fuels pose significant risks when considering the availability and price. Readily available energy at an
affordable price is essential for the manufacturing, agricultural, transportation, retail, and indeed all sectors of
Santa Catarina economy. It is prudent that we diversify our investments and allocate a greater portion to
renewable resources. By focusing our efforts on renewable energy markets, Santa Catarina will better protect
itself from the volatility of the wholesale electricity and natural gas markets. It is essential that we act now to lay
the foundation for accelerated renewable energy development that will sustain Santa Catarina progress.
Developing renewable resources reduces major health risks through reduced air, land, and water pollution.
Adverse effects of global warming on weather and climate can be mitigated by reduced CO2 emissions.

Economic Development and Job Creation. Santa Catarina expect their basic needs to be met. They expect the
State of Santa Catarina to plan for and develop an environment that produces social and economic benefits that
meet current and future needs, while preserving and restoring the health of the natural environment. Investments
in renewable energy result in a net increase in jobs. For every $50 million in investments in renewable energy,
about 250 full time equivalent jobs are created.

3. Goals and Initiatives

The Plan’s goal is to encourage and accelerate the sustainable production of energy from renewable sources,
stimulate economic development, particularly in rural parts of the state, and improve the environmental future of
the state. The Plan intends to demonstrate a variety of technologies for tapping renewable resources, and to help
remove barriers to renewable resource development.

4. Biomass

Currently, there are biomass combustion boilers at more than industrial sites in Santa Catarina. These boilers
supply heat and energy for industrial processes. New biomass energy markets may provide a way of disposing of
otherwise problematic forest biomass residues from timber harvests, stand improvement activities, fuels
treatments, and thinning in a cost-effective manner. Agricultural and urban biomass wastes (extracted from
municipal solid wastes) can also be utilized as fuel for energy facilities.

The lack of certainty in biomass outputs and the high cost of gathering and transporting forest and other biomass
to an energy conversion facility continue to be barriers to economic biomass energy development. However,
investments in forest and other biomass conversion to energy will lead to multiple environmental, economic, and
social benefits. These include:• reduced wildfire risks to communities and wildfire suppression costs to taxpayers
• increased timber supplies • improved forest health, water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation areas •
reduced air pollution from wildfire and prescribed forest. • extended landfill life with recovery of biomass •
reduced and avoided carbon dioxide emissions, and • maintenance of family-wage jobs and a forest industry
infrastructure in rural Santa Catarina.

Biomass facilities may need a production-based tax credit in addition to the fuel cost reduction incentives to be
economically viable. Such combined incentives would be a reflection of the full realm of societal benefits as
outlined above.
Actions:

The Investement Renewable Energy and Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy Company will consider to:

• Determine financial support for forest treatment projects is needed to move biomass feedstock from the forest
to renewable energy plant sites.
• Help the formation of partnerships between private companies and consumer owned utilities to develop energy
systems for local communities.
• Support efforts to develop integrated bio-refineries that produce liquid fuels, highvalue chemicals and materials,
and electric power within the same facility.
• Encourage the development and utilization of small energy efficient biomass heating and electrical systems for
heating and providing power to institutions, state offices, schools, etc., especially in rural Santa Catarina.
• Help identify and address barriers to securing stable, long-term biomass supplies from forestlands.
• Promote greater public awareness of the primary and secondary benefits of biomass energy production.
• Support efforts to develop Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) to remove the biomass from municipal solid waste
and convert the biomass into fuel.
• Investigate the feasibility and desirability of a biomass Emission Reduction Credit(ERC) initiative to encourage
development of a private market for trading of Biomass ERCs.
Reducing reliance on fuel will help to slow down the effects and will help to adapt better to changes in the future.
1. According to a report fossil--fuel emissions in the US will
report by the Department of Energy, stringent targets to reduce fossil
cause energy-
energy-intensive industries, including steel, iron, chemical, rubber and plastic, to flee from the developed
countries to undeveloped countries, taking with
with them hundreds of thousands of jobs.

2. Carbon taxes will cause relatively large income losses in the poorest one-
one-fifth of the population. The poor,
because they spend a greater proportion of their income on necessities, would have few ways to cut back to
compensate for higher living costs.

3. Stabilizing emissions at 1990 levels by 2010 would reduce the growth of US per capita income by 5% per year.

4. Senior citizens on fixed incomes would find their energy costs escalating and their income dwindling.
dwindling.