Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Brazil

Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Brazil

Brazil has one of the world's cleanest energy portfolios, with 85.3 percent of overall energy production coming from renewable sources (compared with the worldwide average of 16 percent), and with 75 percent of the country's 105,000 megawatt (MW) installed generation capacity coming from h...

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Main Authors: Madrigal, Marcelino, Jordan, Rhonda Lenai
Format: Brief
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
approach
biomass
biomass plants
BOTTOM LINE
cogeneration
cogeneration plants
distribution network
electrical power
electricity
energy mix
Energy Planning
energy producers
energy production
energy providers
energy purchase
energy supply
Environmental Economics
generation capacity
generator
grid
hydropower
hydropower plants
hydropower projects
national grid
power system
renewable energy
renewable energy projects
renewable resources
renewable sources
small hydropower
stalks
sugarcane
sugarcane production
transmission capacity
transmission facilities
transmission infrastructure
transmission system
utilities
voltage
wind
wind energy
wind power
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17140

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