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ABSTRACT: The agriculture industry produces a large amount of biomass whose use constitutes an economically viable alternative energy through the compression portion of the lignocellulose as raw material to replace wood by briquetting. This study aimed to compare the technical feasibility of manufacturing fuel briquettes made from soybean residues combined with waste wood briquettes made with corn waste combined with waste wood sawdust type. The making of briquettes was performed in the laboratory of Electro mechanics UTFPR campus Medianeira / PR. For this analysis, we assessed the content of moisture, ash, fixed carbon content of the porosity and calorific value. From the results we can conclude that the manufacture of briquettes from lignocellulosic materials is an extremely viable energy alternative for the region of the Bacia do Rio Paraná IIII.