(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Wednesday a severe drought could lead to energy rationing in Brazil, contradicting other officials who have said that such a step would not be necessary. Brazil, one of the world’s agricultural superpowers, is suffering from one of its worst droughts […]
Tag: hydropower
Mexico: Hydro Enters Energy Plan
(Argus, 29.Oct.2019) — Mexico expanded its clean energy certificates (CELs) to legacy, mostly hydropower generators previously excluded from the program, which was created primarily to boost new wind and solar power. The expansion will apply to low-carbon generators built before 2014, which in Mexico will mostly be applicable to hydropower […]
Petrobras LSFO Offer Sparks Fears Of Length In Europe
(S&P Global Platts, 18.Oct.2018) — Brazil’s Petrobras is offering 50,000 mt of 0.6% cracked low sulfur fuel oil from Brazil for delivery into Europe during the first decade of November, fuel oil traders said Thursday. The cargo from Petrobras, Brazil’s biggest refiner, is not good news for European LSFO after […]
Brazil’s Opposing Energy Views
(OilPrice.com, Haley Zaremba, 21.Aug.2018) – Brazil’s energy industry seems to be caught in a moment of deep ambivalence–on one side of the issue, they are breaking records in terms of renewable resources and green energy; on the other, they are pushing hard revive fossil fuels and bring hundreds of thousands […]