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Petrobras and USP Sign Offshore Wind Development Agreement

Cassiano Viana Dec 6, 2019

The project is for subsea equipment in the Campos and Santos Basins.

Oil & Gas

Geopark Reports Oil Traces in Recôncavo

Cassiano Viana Dec 3, 2019

Traces of oil were found in onshore well 1-GPK-4D-BA in block REC-T-128

Power

Wind Sector M&As To Grow in Brazil

Cassiano Viana Dec 3, 2019

In the first half of 2019, 29 transactions were carried out in the Brazilian energy sector

Power

RioEnergy To Invest US$ 238 M for Caetité Expansion

Cassiano Viana Nov 20, 2019

The company expects to double wind operations by 2022, with over 800 MW installed

Power

Vestas Inaugurates New Factory in Aquiraz, Ceará

Cassiano Viana Nov 14, 2019

Unit will produce 4.2 MW wind turbines that already have more than 2.6 GW in orders, according to the company

Power

Paraná Authorizes US$ 433 M Wind Complex

Cassiano Viana Nov 12, 2019

Enerbios' Palmas II will have 200 MW of capacity, to go on line in 2021

Power

Biogas Has Grown 40% a Year Since 2010

Cassiano Viana Nov 5, 2019

At the end of 2018, Brazil produced 3 million m³/d of the fuel, which has only 0.7% participation in the Brazilian energy matrix

Power

Up to US$ 20.3 B for Wind Power Over the Next 5 Years

Cassiano Viana Nov 5, 2019

Investments could generate 29,200 direct, 28,000 indirect jobs and induce the creation of 35,700 more in the production chain

Power

Wind Will Reach 17% of Matrix by 2029

Cassiano Viana Oct 24, 2019

For the MME and EPE, Wind has been extremely competitive in terms of energy price

Oil & Gas

BNDES: New Finame Rules for Wind Generators

Cassiano Viana Oct 18, 2019

Industry will gradually decrease the percentage of inputs and components for national towers and blades

Power

Wind May Employ 6 Million by 2050

Cassiano Viana Oct 14, 2019

Brazil today occupies the seventh position in the world ranking of the countries that most employ in the wind segment

Power

Wobben Shuts Down Production in Sorocaba

Cassiano Viana Oct 7, 2019

The first manufacturer of wind turbines in Brazil will now maintain a blade factory in Pecém (CE) and another one for concrete towers in Juazeiro (BA)

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From the Media

Dec 10, 2019 - City News

In recent weeks, countries like Chile, Colombia and Ecuador have seen massive demonstrations in their cities, with protesters railing against their governments’ inadequate responses to the population’s needs. Bolivia recently entered the UNDP’s group of countries with high human development, joining Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Yet, when adjusting for inequality, all of them fell in the rankings, “Brazil’s snapshot of average income, education and health is even worse when we incorporate the distance between Brazilians on these things,” said Marcelo Neri, who directs the social policy department at the Getulio Vargas Foundation university. “Brazil was the pioneer of big protests in 2013. In that sense, all of Brazil’s economic and now social decadence is a worrisome preview for our Latin neighbors.”

Dec 10, 2019 - Riviera

Designs for a fleet of LNG- and battery hybrid towboats and LNG tank barges will be developed by naval architect Robert Allan Ltd in partnership with inland operator Hidrovias do Brasil to underpin new gas-to-power projects in Brazil. In an announcement at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, the Canadian naval architect said it would develop gas-powered pushboats and cryogenic transport barges for Hidrovias do Brasil to transport LNG in the Amazon Basin. The goal is to meet regional demand in Brazil from local thermo-electric plants and industrial complexes with combined demand potential of over 5M m3 of natural gas/day

Dec 10, 2019 - Al jazeera

Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive "pre-salt" oil and gas area off its coast in spite of growing global concerns about climate change, the country's energy minister told Reuters on Monday. The country's Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque spoke on the sidelines of a climate summit underway in Madrid where leaders from the United Nations have been urging countries to do the opposite and aggressively cut emissions of climate-altering gases that come largely from fossil fuels, or risk a global catastrophe.

Dec 10, 2019 - BNAmericas

Italy's Enel is facing the risk of Brazil’s Goiás state terminating its power distribution concession due to quality issues, a move the company says would be unconstitutional. Terminating the contract has the backing of governor Ronaldo Caiado, who claims Enel did not improve the quality of distribution services since it acquired the former Celg-D, which was owned by federal power company Eletrobras, in a privatization process concluded in 2017. Caiado supports a bill in the state assembly to end the concession. The main problem the market sees regarding the issue is that the state would be ending a concession that was signed by the federal government, which could create legal uncertainties regarding other electric power concessions in the country just as the government plans more privatizations.