Power companies hit brakes on renewables citing oversupply
Power companies in Brazil are reassessing their investment strategies in generation and redirecting funds to more conservative, predictable sectors due to an oversupply in the country.
Power companies in Brazil are reassessing their investment strategies in generation and redirecting funds to more conservative, predictable sectors due to an oversupply in the country.
Explore Brazil''s battery energy storage systems, focusing on current regulations, investment opportunities, and the role of these systems in the energy transition.
The cancellation of a planned grid-capacity reserve auction (LRCAP) for hydroelectric, thermal, gas, and biofuel generation capacity has cast into doubt plans for a procurement round for
With the nation still awaiting details of an energy storage-dedicated grid capacity reserve auction (LRCAP) planned by the National Electric System Operator (ONS), however, at least 18 GW
The enacted text considers 22 presidential vetoes, notably removing: (i) compensation for wind and solar generation cuts due to energy reasons; (ii) the restriction of new self-production-by-equivalence
The document highlights challenges such as the high upfront cost of storage technologies and prioritizes policies to integrate storage with renewables, aiming to reduce
You know, it came as sort of a shock when Brazil''s Energy Ministry quietly shelved three major battery storage projects last month. The planned 800MW Serra Verde system - once hailed as Latin
The power outages that plunged large swathes of São Paulo into darkness in December 2025 have escalated from a service failure into a full-blown political and regulatory crisis.
In 2025, Brazil included energy storage in energy auctions for the first time, with the first auction in H2 expected to release over 2 GW of demand. Currently, off-grid systems dominate Brazil''s energy
The cancellation of a planned grid-capacity reserve auction (LRCAP) for hydroelectric, thermal, gas, and biofuel generation capacity has cast into doubt plans for a procurement round for battery...
For a modern and sustainable electricity system, storage needs to be an ally — not a double penalty. Brazil is facing a decision that could define the pace of energy storage adoption in
With the nation still awaiting details of an energy storage-dedicated grid capacity reserve auction (LRCAP) planned by the National Electric System Operator (ONS), however, at least 18 GW of developed battery projects are
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