Not many countries have as many advantages as Brazil for the production of sugarcane, such as an appropriate soil, weather, available land, and low labor costs. As the largest producer of sugarcane in the world, the country shows huge potential for an additional product in the sugar and alcohol industry: the electricity, which can be generated from the fibrous waste of sugarcane. The waste of sugarcane is most commonly known as bagasse. Since it depends on a vulnerable and highly hydro-dependent energy matrix, Brazil has to solve some key factors that are restraining the exploration of its sugarcane bagasse cogeneration potential. These restraints mainly include regulations and structure issues. [1]
