Tag: electricity

Brazil Says It Has Power to Spare Through 2009

The Brazilian government has invested US$ 6.21 billion (14 billion reais) in electric power ...

Brazil Thinks Ways of Using Alternative Sources for Power

The Brazilian National Forum of State Energy Secretaries is meeting through today in Recife, ...

Brazil Starts World’s Second Biggest Wind Energy Park

The presidents of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Guido Mantega, and of the wind ...

Brazil Authorizes Power Bill Increases of Up to 16%

The electricity sector regulatory agency (Aneel, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica) has completed a ...

12 Million Brazilians Still Have No Electricity at Home

In less than a year, the Light for All program is expected to benefit ...

Brazil’s Light For All Served 375,000. There Are Another 625,000 In Line.

Since its implantation in 2003, the Light for All Program in Brazil has created ...

Solar Energy Brings Electricity to Brazilian Indians

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has already set aside US$ 199,000 (470,000 reais) ...

Americas’ First Wave Power Plant Is 100% Made in Brazil

In October, the first wave power plant on the American continent will commence operations ...

‘Brazil Is Not Nuclear,’ Says Balloon Crisscrossing the Country

The environmental organization, Greenpeace, launched the campaign “Brazil is not nuclear” to protest plans ...

Brazil’s Power Trip: 43 Electricity Plants on Tap

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced that this year 11 new ...