Brazil

Activites

Brazil is the world’s biggest producer of sugar and ethanol, with nearly 400 sugar mills operating nationwide. Sugar harvests are also longer than in Overseas France, enabling the plants taken over by Albioma to be fired all year round using only locally-sourced biomass, in order to provide renewable electricity on the grid.

A booming market

Entry into the solar market in 2022

Albioma finalised on 17 August 2022 the acquisition of a portfolio of six photovoltaic power plants in Brazil with a total installed capacity of 31.6 MWp.
Under the terms of the contract signed with GreenYellow, expert in decentralized solar photovoltaic production, energy efficiency projects and energy services in France and abroad, Albioma becomes the sole shareholder of the companies owning these projects operating under a distributed generation system with high-quality counterparties. The power plants are located in four states and are fully operational.

The acquisition of this portfolio marks Albioma’s entry into solar power in Brazil, a business with strong growth potential and which complements its existing assets.

Albioma is thus continuing to develop here, in line with its international diversification strategy.

Albioma and Jalles Machado sign an investment agreement for biomethane production

On 29 April 2025, Albioma and Jalles Machado signed an investment agreement setting out the terms and conditions for the production and sale of biomethane, obtained by purifying existing biogas resulting from the treatment of sugar cane vinasse produced at the Otávio Lage unit in Brazil.

The project aims to strengthen Albioma’s commitment to the energy transition by promoting the circular economy and transforming sugar cane production residues into a renewable energy source. The agreement provides for an estimated maximum production of 10 million Nm3 of CH4 and should operate from 2026 to 2046.

Jalles Machado and Albioma have been partners in renewable energy production for many years, with the acquisition in 2015 by Albioma of a 65% stake in the Albioma Codora
Energia cogeneration unit (78MW, adjacent to the Otavio Lage unit), the acquisition in 2019 by Albioma of a 60% stake in the Albioma Esplanada Energia cogeneration unit (65MW, adjacent to the Jalles Machado plant), followed in 2021 by the implementation of the cogeneration expansion project and the vinasse-based biogas project at Albioma Codora Energia.