Tag: hydroelectric

Brazil Needs to Invest US$ 88 Billion in Energy Sector to Keep Growing

The Brazilian Ten-Year Plan (2007/2017) announced this week by the EPE (Energy Research Company), ...

An Enawenê Nawê Indian man in Brazil

Brazilian Indians Defy World’s Largest Soy Producer and Block Highway

A remote Amazonian tribe are blockading a major highway in the Brazilian state of ...

Soy and other cultures invade Amazon jungle

Brazil’s Voracity for Soy Is Breeding Unemployment and Prostitution

"We saw 50 tons of fish die in the Madeira in 2005. And we ...

Brazilian Study Shows Hydropower Pollutes 4 Times More than Fossil-Fuel

Hydropower plants have long been a byword for clean energy. But researchers warn that ...

Eco-friendly American Company Hired to Support Power Plants in Brazil

Ecology and Environment do Brasil (E & E), subsidiary of a company headquartered in ...

Brazil Rushes to Get Environmental Approval for Hydroelectric Plants

Following quickly on the heels of the announcement that the Brazilian government intends to ...

Ecology Expert Pans Brazil for Building More Hydroelectrics

Washington Novaes, a Brazilian journalist who writes on environmental issues and has been a ...

Brazil’s Engevix Gets Nod from Bentley

Engevix Engenharia, a Brazilian company specializing in technical consulting services, has been nominated for ...

Canada’s Brascan Buys Six More Brazilian Hydroelectric Plants

Canada-based Brascan Power announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of six hydroelectric power ...

Blackouts in Brazil Are History, Says Lula

Speaking at the inauguration of four new turbines at the TucuruÀ­ power plant in ...