The New Era of Brazil's Energy Matrix: Renewables on the Rise

The New Era of Brazil’s Energy Matrix: Renewables on the Rise

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Published on 14/11/2023 at 23:39

Fonte: Congresso do Intersolar Summit Brasil Sul completou mais de 30 horas de conteúdo técnico e de mercado. Wanderlei Oliveira – Intersolar Summit

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Intersolar Summit Brazil South: A Milestone for Renewable Energy

The first edition of the Intersolar Summit Brazil South, held in Porto Alegre, highlighted the significant change in Brazil’s energy matrix. The event, focused on solar energy, attracted over 2,000 visitors and solidified the growing importance of renewable sources, such as photovoltaic energy. This regional version of the leading Latin American solar energy event brought together experts and industry professionals, discussing the new challenges and opportunities that the energy transition presents for Brazil.

The consolidation of renewable sources, particularly photovoltaic solar energy, is defining a new profile for the country’s energy matrix. During the event, held on November 7 and 8 at the Fiergs Events Center, important data on the Brazilian energy situation and its business outlook were shared, along with the latest technological solutions and regulatory and tax challenges. The fair featured 51 exhibitors, including industries, distributors, integrators, services, and academic activities, all showcasing innovations and news.

The Growth of Renewable Energy and Its Challenges

The General Director of Solar Promotion International, Florian Wessendorf, in partnership with Aranda Eventos e Congressos, announced the next edition of the event for 2024, reaffirming the commitment to promoting solar and renewable energy in Latin America.

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Technical Challenges and Opportunities Post-Blackout

Solar and wind energy, characterized as non-dispatchable sources, are transforming the Brazilian energy matrix, shifting from a high inertia model to a low inertia one. This scenario was evidenced by the blackout on August 15, where the peak energy generated by these renewable sources caused a significant load interruption across the country.

Professor José Marangon, President Director of MC&E, highlighted the need for technological innovation to face these new challenges. He advocates for investment in grid-forming inverters and storage systems to ensure greater stability and control in the electrical system.

Designing a Sustainable Future

The Intersolar Summit Brazil South, with the support of various organizations, including the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (Absolar) and the Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation (ABGD), is leading the way toward a more sustainable energy future in Brazil. The transition to renewable energies not only represents an opportunity for innovation and economic growth but also a crucial step for the country to face global climate challenges.

This event signals a decisive era for the Brazilian energy matrix, where the potential of renewable energies is being recognized and harnessed, promoting a transformation in both energy generation and consumption in the country.

Source: Sheila Meyer – milim.

The New Era of Brazil’s Energy Matrix: Renewables on the Rise

Intersolar Summit Brazil South: A Milestone for Renewable Energy

The Growth of Renewable Energy and Its Challenges

Technical Challenges and Opportunities Post-Blackout

Designing a Sustainable Future

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

Air bubbles from 3 million years ago extracted from Antarctic ice reveal that the current level of CO₂ has already surpassed that of the ancient, warm world, when the sea was up to 20 meters higher and there were no factories or cars burning fuel.

Brazil went to China to seek money and technology to reinvent TV and bring the internet to places where fiber does not reach. The mission negotiated with the BRICS Bank led by Dilma and paved the way for a Chinese rival of Starlink to connect the Amazon.

About 150 workers are driving, one by one, 4,585 BYD electric cars off a 220-meter ship at the Port of Itajaí. The 48-hour mega-operation is the largest shipment from the Chinese automaker in Santa Catarina this year.

Iceland is going to lower a drill five kilometers to reach rock at 400 degrees and try to extract clean energy on a scale that a common well cannot achieve.

The New Era of Brazil’s Energy Matrix: Renewables on the Rise

Intersolar Summit Brazil South: A Milestone for Renewable Energy

The Growth of Renewable Energy and Its Challenges

Technical Challenges and Opportunities Post-Blackout

Designing a Sustainable Future

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

Spanish city uses an aquifer hidden 11 meters deep as an urban ‘refrigerator’ for almost 30 years, saves 52% of energy in a public building, and now resorts to AI to prevent the solution from exhausting its potential

Canada is preparing a billion-dollar megaproject with 3.5 GW of wind energy, up to 530 turbines, green hydrogen, and ammonia for export, in a bid that could place the country at the center of the new global race for clean fuels.

France launches tenders for 12 GW in renewable energy, bets on offshore wind and imposes restrictions on Chinese components to accelerate energy sovereignty, protect European factories, and reduce dependence on oil and gas amid global pressure.

Advancement in renewable energy: researchers from UFPB and UNI of Peru create an unprecedented digital twin for a green hydrogen plant; Model is capable of simulating real-time operations and reducing industrial failures in strategic clean energy projects in Latin America.

At 4,400 meters of altitude in the Himalayas, where the air is so thin it makes breathing difficult, India’s state oil company drilled a thousand meters of rock to reach a 240-degree subsoil and set up the country’s first geothermal plant.

Air bubbles from 3 million years ago extracted from Antarctic ice reveal that the current level of CO₂ has already surpassed that of the ancient, warm world, when the sea was up to 20 meters higher and there were no factories or cars burning fuel.

Brazil went to China to seek money and technology to reinvent TV and bring the internet to places where fiber does not reach. The mission negotiated with the BRICS Bank led by Dilma and paved the way for a Chinese rival of Starlink to connect the Amazon.

About 150 workers are driving, one by one, 4,585 BYD electric cars off a 220-meter ship at the Port of Itajaí. The 48-hour mega-operation is the largest shipment from the Chinese automaker in Santa Catarina this year.

Iceland is going to lower a drill five kilometers to reach rock at 400 degrees and try to extract clean energy on a scale that a common well cannot achieve.