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EPE

MME Publishes A-5 Auction Guidelines and Suspends A-6 Auction

Eduarda Amici May 6, 2021

A-5 Auction will be held on 09/30; MME puts A-6 on hold

Electricity Load Should Grow 3.2% in 2021

Eduarda Amici Mar 30, 2021

EPE, CCEE and ONS estimated an increase of 3.4% in December for this year; revised projection is 0.2 percentage points lower than the initially forecast

Natural Gas

BEHIND THE NEWS: LNG: Up, Up and Away

Carlos Vasconcellos Mar 8, 2021

More demand and project postponements, higher freight capacity, and a harsh Northern Hemisphere winter

Power

Incra To Permit Wind and Solar Facilities in Settlements

marcelofurtado Mar 5, 2021

About to become official, a new edict authorizes Incra to negotiate the installations in exchange for income projects for residents

Power

EPE Registers 66.9 GW for A-3 and A-4 Auctions

Eduarda Amici Mar 5, 2021

Solar leads in number of projects and installed capacity

Power

BEHIND THE NEWS: Financial Future of EPE Worries the Sector

Roberto Rockmann Feb 19, 2021

The energy research office is in discussions with the MME, Ministry of Economy and presidency about how to circumvent a funding crisis

Power

More than 50 Wind Farms Nearing End of Lifespan

marcelofurtado Feb 11, 2021

EPE study identified 940 MW will need to be repowered or decommissioned within 10 years

Power

EPE: Electricity Consumption Up 1.6% in 2020

Fabio Couto Feb 2, 2021

Consumption recorded for December was the highest since 2004, driven by the residential and industrial classes

Power

Energy Efficiency in Brazil Rose 14% in 14 years

Thais Custodio Feb 1, 2021

All sectors analyzed showed gains in efficiency, with the biggest gains in the residential sector

Power

EPE Registers 1.3 GW for Isolated Systems Auction

Thais Custodio Jan 21, 2021

The event, scheduled to take place in April, will provide solutions to supply 23 locations in the North

Oil & Gas

Onshore Seismic Data Is Skimpy

analuisaegues Jan 19, 2021

The geological and geophysical knowledge of Brazilian onshore sedimentary basins is still practically unknown

Power

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

Fabio Couto Jan 19, 2021

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

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From the Media

May 14, 2021 - Elektrek

Tesla has reportedly applied to enter the profitable renewable fuel credit market that is currently dominated by ethanol producers as it is expected to be opened to electric vehicles. There are currently at least eight companies who applied with the Environmental Protection Agency to be included in the multi-billion dollar US renewable credit market, but the agency did not release their names. The program was established in the mid-2000s under the Bush administration, and it was set up to boost the US biofuel industry in order to reduce US dependence on foreign oil.In the process, it created a strange situation where a ton of farmland started being used by ethanol producers who are now heavily subsidized by the program. Since electric vehicles would also help accomplish this goal, it has been proposed that they could be included in the program, and the Biden administration is expected to review the proposal.

May 14, 2021 - ETT Special

Chile announced on Thursday that Brazil had signed on as a partner to build the first submarine fiber optic cable to connect South America with Asia, an effort that promises to boost connectivity for 270 million people on the continent. Chile's foreign minister, Andres Allamand, told reporters that Brazil's decision to formally join the initiative was critical to making the $388 million, 13,180 km (8,200 mile) cable a reality. "The incorporation of Brazil to this project gives it a definitive economic viability, and at the same time a definitive political viability as well," Allamand said. Argentina has already joined the effort, and Allamand said he expected Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia to also sign on.

May 14, 2021 - Reuters

Brazil's Petrobras will keep its fuel pricing policy unchanged, the company's new head of trading and logistics said on Friday, though prices will not be adjusted with the same frequency as during some past periods.President Jair Bolsonaro fired Petroleo Brasileiro SA's previous CEO Roberto Castello Branco in February amid a dispute over domestic fuel prices, triggering a management shake-up. Logistics head Claudio Mastella said prices would be kept in line with the international market, with daily monitoring but without a pre-established periodicity for adjustments.

May 14, 2021 - EIA

The United States exported 87,000 b/d of fuel ethanol in 2020, marking the second consecutive annual drop in U.S. fuel ethanol exports. Approximately 40% of all U.S. fuel ethanol exports went to Brazil and Canada, although both countries decreased their imports of fuel ethanol from the United States compared with 2019. Brazil, the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of fuel ethanol, decreased its imports of U.S. fuel ethanol significantly for the second consecutive year, dropping to 13,000 b/d in 2020. Ethanol consumption is high in Brazil because of its fuel ethanol blending requirement, which is currently set at 27%, and demand for hydrous ethanol (E100), which competes with traditional gasoline blends.