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Transmission Load To Rise By 3% In 2018

Lívia Neves Apr 16, 2018

The projections for the TL load for this year is 67,560 MW-a

A-4 Auction Will Not Trade Large Volumes, Says EPE

Lívia Neves Mar 7, 2018

The next auction, A-4, scheduled for April this year, "will not be an auction with large volumes of contracted energy," according to EPE president Luiz Augusto Barroso, in an interview with the international publication PV Magazine. The…

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EPE To Select Consulting Firm for Efficiency Studies

marcosardenberg Feb 27, 2018

The federal EPE energy studies institute said it is beginning selection of consulting company to support the development of an action plan for the implementation of energy efficiency policies in Brazil. According to the EPE, the elaboration…

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Electric Consumption Surges 0.8% in 2017 YoY

matheusgagliano Feb 1, 2018

Last year's electricity consumption totaled 463,948 GWh, a positive change of 0.8% when compared to the previous year, which was 460,078 GWh. In December, the result was 39,288 GWh compared to 38,624 GWh in the same month last year, which…

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EPE: Transmission Expansion Studies in 2018

marcosardenberg Jan 8, 2018

Two TL auctions are scheduled in 2018, one in each semester

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Energy Consumption Up 2.4% In November

matheusgagliano Jan 4, 2018

EPE reports industry led growth in annual comparison, with a 3.3% increase in demand, best result for the month since 2014

From the Media

Apr 23, 2018 - Alterenergymag

For the first time in history, the production cost of renewables is lower than that of fossil fuels, Kaiserwetter, a leader in renewable energy asset management, can today reveal. Fossil fuels presented costs between US$ 49 and US$ 174 per MWh in the G20 countries during 2017, while renewable energy projects were between US$ 35 and US$ 54. The latest photovoltaic energy auctions in Dubai, Mexico, Chile, Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia, and onshore wind energy in Brazil, Canada, India or Morocco in 2017 suggests that the standard cost of energy can be reduced to US$ 30 per MWh from 2018. However, onshore wind energy has already achieved similar costs in projects across Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico and Morocco, already reaching US$ 30 MWh.

Apr 23, 2018 - Reuters

Brazil’s power company Neoenergia on Friday raised its takeover bid for power distribution company Eletropaulo Metropolitana SA) from 25.51 reais to 29.40 reais per share, according to a securities filing. Neoenergia, which is controlled by Spanish company Iberdrola, is competing with Italy’s Enel) for a controlling stake in Eletropaulo, Brazil’s largest power distribution firm. Enel had raised its offer on April 19 to 28 reais per share plus a cash injection of 1.5 billion reais to be made after the acquisition.

Apr 23, 2018 - Bloomberg

Mario Abdo Benitez, a former senator from the ruling Colorado Party, won Sunday’s presidential election in Paraguay, in a surprisingly narrow victory over the opposition candidate. Abdo Benitez, 46, whose father was the secretary of long-ruling dictator Alfredo Stroessner, had 46.4 percent of the vote, with almost 100 percent of voting stations counted, according to preliminary results from the electoral court. Former public works minister Efrain Alegre trailed with 42.7% of votes.

Apr 23, 2018 - Oilprice

After being caught up in major corruption scandals and suffering from what some have claimed was its worst economic downturn in 100-years, Brazil has pulled itself back from the brink. The economy commenced growing again in 2017 with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 1 percent and 2018 GDP growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be 2.3%. One of the key drivers of Brazil’s improving economic outlook are Brasilia’s plans to launch what could become the biggest oil boom in Latin American history. You see, Brazil possesses what is rated as being among the top offshore oil assets globally, the massive pre-salt oil fields located in the Atlantic Ocean on the Latin nation’s continental shelf.