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Oxe Energia Hires Weg To Equip Thermal Plants in RR

Jan 19, 2021

The plants won the Roraima auction in 2019 and were acquired in May last year by Oxe

Public Hearings for A-5 and A-6 New Energy Auctions

Jan 19, 2021

A draft of the ordinance with guidelines for the new energy auction will be available for comment for 20 days

Electric Sector Debt Financings Expected To Exceed US$ 760 M in 60 Days

Jan 19, 2021

This includes two debentures from transmission companies, one from wind generation and an IPO

Expiration of Large Power Concessions Begins To Impact the Market

Jan 18, 2021

At least two big companies in the Brazilian generation market, Engie Brasil and CTG Brasil, have expressed interest in competing

Nordex Registers 5 MW Wind Turbine Model with BNDES

Jan 18, 2021

Product may be purchased through the Finame financing line; Statkraft was the first to sign a purchase contract

STI Norland to Provide Trackers for Solar Plant in MG

Jan 18, 2021

The 100 MWp Nebras Power project occupy an area of 255 hectares

Sugarcane Biomass Is Exported to the UK

Jan 15, 2021

Embarked at the Port of Paranaguá, the product will be used to generate thermoelectric energy

Copel SPH To Start Up in April

Jan 15, 2021

SPH Bela Vista has 29.8 MW of installed capacity and still has 2.5 years to negotiate energy in the free market

Solar Energy Should Absorb US$ 4.3 B in Investments in 2021

Jan 15, 2021

Absolar projects that the sector could add 4.9 GW of installed capacity and generate 147,000 jobs this year

FS Raises an Additional US$ 50 M in Green Bonds

Jan 14, 2021

Based in Mato Grosso, the corn ethanol company has already attracted a total of US$ 600 M in the international market

Electricity: Residential Tariffs Should Rise 14.5% in 2021

Jan 14, 2021

The biggest impact is related to the cost of the distribution service, which had a projected average increase of 15.5%

Copel Starts Works on the Jandaíra Wind Complex

Jan 13, 2021

Project will demand US$ 77 million in investments and generate 700 direct and indirect jobs

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From the Media

Jan 19, 2021 - S&P Global

Brazilian oil company Petrobras' average gasoline price hike of 7.93% was not expected to increase the economic advantage of the biofuel E100 over the fossil fuel, market participants said. The state-led oil company announced the increase on Jan. 18, which will be implemented on Jan. 19 on an ex-refinery basis. More than 80% of light vehicles in Brazil are flex-fuel, which means that drivers can fill their tanks with E100 or gasoline. The fossil fuel in the country has a mandatory blend of 27% anhydrous ethanol. The fuel's choice is usually economically driven and consumers will generally fill their tanks with E100 only when its price is 70% or less than the gasoline price, because of hydrous ethanol's lower energy content.

Jan 19, 2021 - Renewables Now

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA will be the turbine supplier for the 434-MW first phase of Santo Agostinho wind complex in Brazil, Engie Brasil Energia SA announced. According to the local arm of France's Engie SA , the wind project requires an investment of about R$ 2.2 billion. With commercial operation set to take place by March 2023, the wind complex's output will be sold in the Brazilian free energy market, which closed 2019 with a volume of operations of R$ 134 billion, 6% up from 2018.

Jan 19, 2021 - World Economic Forum

Henry Ford in 1925 called ethanol “the fuel of the future.” Blending ethanol with gasoline substantially reduces the carbon content of the fuel. According to the US EPA, “the life-cycle emissions reductions in comparison to gasoline are about 20% for corn-based ethanol and 60% for sugarcane-based ethanol”. Cars manufactured post-2001 can easily accept a blend of 15% ethanol “without causing exceedances of air pollution standards.” Brazil, for example, accounts for 25% of the world’s ethanol production – and instead of corn, it produces ethanol from sugarcane. Ethanol sourced from sugarcane is the “cheapest source of ethanol” in the world. Brazil has experimented with “fuel flex” cars, which can be operated on any mixture of ethanol and gasoline, up to 100% ethanol.

Jan 19, 2021 - Light Reading

Huawei may be allowed to participate in the construction of Brazil's 5G networks after all, according to local reports. The newspaper Estado de S. Paulo said financial pressures and the imminent exit of President Trump from the White House are forcing President Jair Bolsonaro to backtrack on his opposition to the China-based vendor from bidding to provide 5G network equipment. Reuters noted that, like Trump, Bolsonaro believes that Huawei shares confidential data with China'’s Communist government, despite a lack of proof. Only last month, Reuters reported that Bolsonaro's government was looking for a legal way to exclude Huawei from 5G networks in Brazil.