The Trend Is That New Records for Solar Power Generation Will Be Broken in Brazil Throughout This Year as Incentives Remain
Brazil’s solar power generation in February rose to 623 average megawatts (MWa), up from 486 MWa a year ago, increasing by 28%. Wind generation also improved by 18.5%, reaching 4,057 MWa. Its share of the mix increased to 5.9%, compared to 4.9% the previous year, according to the InfoMercado Semanal from CCEE (Chamber of Electric Energy Commercialization), the weekly bulletin for energy generation and consumption that includes:
- Wind Energy
- Solar Energy
- Biomass
- Hydroelectric Plants
Hydroelectric plants (UHE) produced 55,879 MWa, slightly above the 55,355 MWa from the previous year. Biomass energy generation, on the other hand, fell from 955 MWa to 917 MWa. But this number is expected to change soon, as Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency) approved last Tuesday (03) new projects for 15 plants in Brazil (check it out).
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Advancement in renewable energy: A R$ 150 million project launched by Petrobras and Finep aims to create state-of-the-art electrolyzers for green hydrogen, strengthening national research and preparing Brazil to compete in a billion-dollar energy market.
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Illiterate or semi-literate grandmothers were trained to repair solar systems, open rural workshops, and light up homes that still depended on kerosene.
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The world has bet on green hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but now faces the side effect: producing 1 kilogram requires about 9 liters of ultrapure water, and the largest projects on the planet are precisely in the driest regions of the Earth, where water is already scarce for people.
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Africa has about 500,000 cell towers and most still burn diesel to operate, while companies rush to cover antennas with solar energy and avoid signal blackouts.
In total, Brazil’s total electricity generation in February decreased by 1.3% compared to the previous year, with 69,259 MWa delivered to the National Interconnected System (SIN). The country’s demand reached 65,302 MWa, or 2% less than the previous year, according to data from CCEE.
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