New U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data predict solar and wind energy will dominate America’s new generation in 2020, making up 76% of new generation and adding 42 gigawatts (GW) of zero emission capacity, while coal and natural gas will dominate 2020 retirements with 85% of plant…
Mato Grosso do Sul authorities will go to exchange B3 on December 5 with the expectation of witnessing a landmark in infrastructure: the auction of 219 kilometers of MS-306, first state highway to be handed over to the private sector, which will be upgraded to dual carriageway in some stretches and…
The government’s spending on interest on the federal public debt will fall by R$417.6 billion during the four years of the Jair Bolsonaro administration thanks to the falling Selic policy rate, according to an Economy Ministry estimate. That is almost half of the ten-year savings to be achieved…
This would amount to a reduction of around 300 terawatt hours (TWh), more than the combined total output from coal in Germany, Spain and the UK last year. The analysis is based on monthly electricity sector data from around the world for the first seven to 10 months of the year, depending on data…
The man in charge of Brazilian sugar giant Cosan Ltd. has little interest in talking about the sweetener. These days, he’s all about railways. The business that gave life to Cosan -- the world’s biggest sugar-cane operation -- has been stuck in the doldrums following years of depressed global…
The French company has plans to grow in clean energy generation globally. It had previously bought three solar parks in Brazil, with a combined capacity to produce 140 megawatts.
An Engie-led consortium presented the highest bid for Transportadora Associada de Gas SA, known as TAG, valuing the major Brazilian gas pipeline at $8.6 billion.
Completion of the project is expected in March 2023, and signing of the pact represents an important milestone in the company's evolution
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) is preparing a package of measures to increase the free power market’s security, as a reaction to defaults by traders that sold electricity without having the supply. Two of them collapsed in the last two weeks. The goal is to prevent traders with…