energy
- Created by: Edward
- Created on: 17-01-13 10:39
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- Energy Souces on Brazil
- Wind
- 7,500km of coastline
- Potetnial of 300GW of energy (Will require 100 m turbines 100GW if not.)
- Currently 1200MW of energy follwing investment of R$4.6 billion.
- Soon an additional 1800MW
- Will create 10,660 jobs both directly and indirectly
- Potetnial of 300GW of energy (Will require 100 m turbines 100GW if not.)
- Soon an additional 1800MW
- Cheaper than natural gas due to auctioning of pojects
- Fastest growing with 500% increase from 2006-2011
- 7,500km of coastline
- Solar
- 80% tax discount to utility companies if they provide energy from solar
- High solar insolation levels in south
- Only 1 solar plant at 1MW plan to add 1MW
- Expensive as solar componants have to be imported
- Ethanol
- Produced 2.4 billion litres in 2010
- Last 30 years have avoided emmiting 800 million tonnes.
- Promotes family farming
- Deforestation need for land
- Mixed with oil to subtitute it over 50% of cars in the country are this (flex-fuel)
- Produced 2.4 billion litres in 2010
- Oil/Natural gas
- Found large reserves ofshore.
- Cretates little infrastrcuure and jobs due to extracted by foreign companies.
- Chevron had to pay R$300 million in 2011 as compensation for an oil spill.
- Natrual gas is to be used domestically
- Oil is expensive so exported
- Found large reserves ofshore.
- Wind
- Promotes family farming
- Deforestation need for land
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