Global Sustainability "Brazil Biogas Expert Meeting - CIBiogás" Carvalho

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Global Sustainability "Brazil Biogas Expert Meeting - CIBiogás" Carvalho

Global Research

17 June 2026ab

Global Sustainability Equities

Latin AmericaBrazil Biogas Expert Meeting - CIBiogás

Global Sustainability

Luciana Carvalho

Brazil biogas: rapid scale-up, large untapped potential Product Manager

We hosted a discussion with CIBiogás on Brazil’s biogas market, covering growth luciana.carvalho@ubs.com

trends, policy evolution, pricing dynamics, agribusiness integration, energy and +55-11-2767 6524

fertilizer applications, and regional opportunities. The discussion reinforced Shneur Z. Gershuni, CFA

Brazil’s positioning as one of the most attractive biogas ecosystems globally, with Analyst

~1,800 plants today (vs. ~80 in 2008) across more than 20 states and 600 shneur.gershuni@ubs.com

municipalities, yet still capturing less than 5% of its total potential. A central +1-212-713 3974

takeaway was that the market could triple over the next five years, with diesel Giuliano Ajeje

displacement as the main economic driver, agribusiness and animal protein as the Analyst

core scaling vectors, and execution bottlenecks, rather than resource availability, giuliano.ajeje@ubs.com

as the binding constraint. This report is part of UBS’ ongoing series on biofuels and +55-11-2767 6371

builds on our note: Brazilian Biofuel: Policy-Driven Demand with Improving Tasso Vasconcellos

Visibility. Analyst

tasso.vasconcellos@ubs.com

Fast growth, low penetration +55-11-2767 6683

The discussion highlighted that Brazil’s biogas market has doubled in size over the Alberto Valerio

past three years, supported by a diversified base of ~400 identified substrates, Analyst

while production remains concentrated in landfills (>60%), underscoring the early- alberto.valerio@ubs.com

+55-11-2767 6918