Brazil
Energy Efficiency
Brazil: Energy efficiency report highlights COVID-19 impact
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Brazil’s Energy Research Office has released its Atlas of Energy Efficiency in Brazil 2020 – Indicators Report.
Smart Technologies
Brazilian utility implements AI for wind farm management
Paraná state electricity utility Copel has implemented artificial intelligence in forecasting the output of wind generation.
Solar
Brazil zero rates import of certain solar products
Brazil has zero rated imports of certain solar products from August
Finance and Policy
World Bank helps Brazil to strengthen its energy sector
The World Bank has approved a $38 million loan to help Brazil to modernise and strengthen its energy sector and the mining industry.
Generation
Exploring the good and the bad of COVID-19 on the energy...
Data analytics company, GlobalData, explores the negative and positive impact of COVID-19 on the energy market in India, Spain, Brazil, Greece and globally.
Solar
Atlas Casablanca solar plant secures PPA with a British mining company
The Atlas Casablanca solar plant in Brazil will supply 613GWh from 2022 to Anglo American through a bilateral large-scale power purchase and sale contract.
BRICS
Brazil, South Africa to collaborate in fields of Bioenergy, Bioelectricity and...
The Embassy of Brazil in South Africa is set to host a high-level Policy Forum in Pretoria in March 2020, to highlight Brazil-SA collaboration opportunities in the fields of Bioenergy, Bioelectricity and Biofuels.
Future Energy
Brazil to host floating solar PV at its Batalha hydropower dam
Carrying out the complex floating solar power project for Furnas Centrais Elétricas, Tractebel will develop the plant using 90,900 modules at the hydro dam.
Energy Efficiency
Tracking progress on Brazil’s energy efficiency performance
The Atlas of Energy Efficiency in Brazil – Indicators Report highlights research into energy planning and performance in the South American country.
Renewable energy
Enel begins the expansion of 133MW São Gonçalo solar park
The Enel Group’s Brazilian renewable subsidiary has started construction of the 133MW expansion of the São Gonçalo solar park.