seasonality in the South-East, North-East, and North of Brazil. Inter-annual variability is lower for windpower production than … expansion of hydropower in the ecologically and socially sensitive North of Brazil, windpower production could help to cover … Brazil and as inter-annual variation of hydropower production is high. We generate and validate time series of windpower …

The paper begins by analysing the Brazilian economic development stressing the external sector of its economy. Brazil …

, the experience of Brazil in 40 years of usage of this fuel to the car fleet and recent developments are raised. Design …/methodology/approach – Traditional case study methodology is used to focus the analysis on the sugarcane industry in Brazil. This case study of this … Brazil and import to China. Research limitations/implications – The paper is a suggestion of policies, based on the …

evaluate the financial viability of both ethanol and biodiesel productions in Southern Brazil, the current battleground region … among food, ethanol and biodiesel. Southeastern Brazil was chosen to carry the analyses because that is the current … following steps: evaluate the investment needs for the ethanol and biodiesel programs in Southeast Brazil; gather information on …

Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim … at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However … in Brazil can be minimized by optimizing the daily dispatch of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower plants. Using …

Brazil’s status as a rapidly developing country is visible in its need for more energy, including electricity. While … that, under the cost-optimal base case scenario, Brazil’s GHGs from electricity (excluding hydroelectric reservoir … emissions) rise 370% by 2040 relative to 2010, with the carbon intensity per MWh rising 100%. This rise would make Brazil …

Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim … at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However … in Brazil can be minimized by optimizing the daily dispatch of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower plants. Using …

domestic producers. Domestically produced ethanol is 4 times more expensive than imports from Brazil. Brazilian ethanol also …