Brasília – The Monthly Energy Bulletin of Brazil, from November 2021, published this month, informs the Internal Electricity Supply (OIEE), the sum of consumption minus distribution and transmission losses, is expected to grow 4.7% in 2021. Wind and solar sources rose 2.9% in the composition of the OIEE grid, reaching 13.4%, coming second only to hydraulic energy, responsible for 56.7% of the total supply.
The assistant secretary for Energy Planning and Development at the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Marcello Nascimento Cabral da Costa, highlighted the sector’s importance. In the last 12 months, wind generation grew over 20%, and solar generation more than 60%, according to the assistant secretary.
Decree 10,946, published in January, could expand clean energy generation in Brazil. The new legislation, which provides for the use of natural resources in inland waters under the Union’s domain, should favor the installation of turbines on the high seas in different regions of Brazil where the winds blow strong.
“And for Brazil to unlock all this offshore wind potential as a whole, a regulatory environment is not only predictable but secure. The decree is undoubtedly a critical step in this direction as far as offshore is concerned,” said Leonardo Euler, Vice President of Vestas for Latin America, a company operating in the production of wind energy turbines.
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
