Representatives from Brazil and Paraguay are holding talks to tackle the impasse arising from the lack of a contract on the purchase of energy from Itaipu by Ande—Paraguay’s state-controlled National Electricity Administration—and Eletrobras.
Over-50-year-old hydroelectric dam Itaipu Binacional—the world’s largest energy producer—is facing a deadlock stemming from the lack of a contract on the purchase of energy by Paraguay’s state-controlled energy firm National Electricity Administration (Ande) and Brazil’s utili
The intense heat assailing Rio de Janeiro in the first weeks of January, coupled with the problems facing transmission lines led Brazil to import electric energy from Uruguay and Argentina on an emergency basis, in order to increase its internal reserves available.
Venezuela’s government-run energy firm Corpolec, which provides electric energy to the Brazilian state of Roraima, bordering Venezuela, is threatening to suspend its supplies for overdue payment.
Securing energy and fuel supplies and affordable costs is directly linked to the expansion of clean sources, like wind and solar energy, biomass, and biofuels, Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Moreira Franco told journalists from Empresa Brasil de Comunicação
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