Brazil is the 7th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South America. At the same time, it is an important oil and gas producer in...

As of 2018, renewable energy accounted for 79% of the domestically produced electricity used in Brazil. Brazil relies on hydroelectricity for 65% of its...

Mines and Energy (Portuguese: Ministério de Minas e Energia, MME) is a Brazilian government ministry established in 1960. It fosters investments in mining...

recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation of energy states that energy can...

as the last option for waste disposal in European nations, preferring waste-to-energy systems instead, Brazil favors landfills and believes they are...

makes Brazil vulnerable to power supply shortages in drought years, as was demonstrated by the 2001–2002 energy crisis. In 2023, the output of Brazil's electricity...

Angra  I, II, III Nuclear energy accounts for about 3% of Brazil's electricity. It is produced by two pressurized water reactors at Angra, which is the...

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America. It is the world's fifth-largest country...

Renewable energy in developing countries is an increasingly used alternative to fossil fuel energy, as these countries scale up their energy supplies and...

in Brazil Renewable energy in Brazil Wildlife of Brazil Flora of Brazil Endangered flora of Brazil Fauna of Brazil Birds of Brazil Mammals of Brazil Islands...

The history of ethanol fuel in Brazil dates from the 1970s and relates to Brazil's sugarcane-based ethanol fuel program, which allowed the country to become...

in the year 2024. Solar energy has great potential in Brazil, with the country having one of the highest levels of insolation in the world at 4.25 to 6...

American Energy Summit, which took place on April 16–17 2007 on Isla Margarita in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta. It was officially created in May 2010...

The economy of Brazil is historically the largest in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere in nominal terms. As of 2024, the Brazilian economy is the...

Energy use, import and production in South America is described in the following articles: Energy in Argentina Energy in Brazil Energy in Chile Energy...

Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian...

Brazil–China relations are the current and historical relationship between Brazil and China. Relations between Brazil and China began in the early nineteenth...

linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy responsible for the regulation of the oil sector in Brazil. It was created in 1997 by law 9478. Its activities...

widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind power, and hydropower. Bioenergy and geothermal power are also significant in some countries. Some...

is a regulatory agency of the Government of Brazil linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Founded in 1996, its stated goal is to "provide favorable...

Pecém Itaipu Dam The following page lists the power stations in Brazil. Energy portal Brazil portal Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...

energy in 2019, Brazil had 83%. The Brazilian electric matrix is composed of: hydraulic energy, 64.9%; biomass, 8.4%; wind energy, 8.6%; solar energy...

The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April...

solar energy in the world (16.8 TWh). In 2020, Brazil was the 2nd largest country in the world in the production of energy through biomass (energy production...

Brazil's Legal Amazon (abbreviation BLA), in Portuguese Amazônia Legal (Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonjɐ leˈɡaw]), is the largest socio-geographic...

TWh per year average of the Three Gorges Dam in that period. Renewable energy portal Energy portal Brazil portal Paraguay portal List of largest dams List...

solar energy in the world (16.8 TWh). In 2020, Brazil was the 2nd largest country in the world in the production of energy through biomass (energy production...

industry. Brazil, commonly recognized as a developing country, has routinely come in third for overall electricity generated through renewable energy, and...

Brazil has one of the highest crime rates in the world, which involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes. According to the United...

The Brazilian National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE, Portuguese: Conselho Nacional de Política Energética) was created by the law no. 9.478/1997, also...