Brazil registers 14% energy produced by wind power, enough to supply the Northeast

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Of the total energy consumed in Brazil last Friday, September 9, 14% was produced by wind power plants, enough to supply demand in the Northeast. The data are from TCE Energy Consulting and Services in Energy partner-director Tarcísio Rosa.

On that date, hydroelectric plants accounted for 46% of consumption, while thermoelectric plants represented 25.5%, according to the specialist. On the other hand, nuclear energy represented 2.8%, and solar energy, 1.5%.

Rosa also stated that 15 years ago hydroelectric plants accounted for 95% of the energy consumed in Brazil.

“When you think that 8,000 megawatts came from the Northeast to the Southeast, you realize that wind power alone would theoretically be able to supply the entire Northeast. Ten years ago, no one could have foreseen this,” the executive said during the webinar “Amazon Dialogues: Energy and development in the Amazon,” promoted yesterday by the São Paulo School of Economics of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EESP).

According to Siemens Energy Brasil’s general manager André Clark, although the short-term outlook is of “great concern” due to the water crisis and the “system’s fragility,” in the medium and long term Brazil will undergo a needed change in its energy matrix.

“We have a huge change ahead of us which points to prosperity. The future will push us to yet another Brazilian energy transition,” Clark said. He also cited the use of gas extracted from the pre-salt and in the Amazon Basin.