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“Brazil’s Moment in the sun” Energy front – a key part of its economy Jerson Kelman – CEO, Light S/A
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Brazilian energy source is renewable 45,9 12,9 6,7 54,1 87,1 93,3 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Brazil (2007) Worldwide (2006) OCDE Countries (2007) Renewable Non-renewable
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Installed capacity: 104 GW 74% is hydro Peak demand: 64 GW (comparable to England or Italy) Average production: 51GW X 8760 h/y = 447 TWh/y 90% is hydro Brazil power sector at glance (2008)
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The transmission system 4 000 km Europe 4 000 km Isolated System Interconnected System
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Per capita consumption of electricity
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Centralized dispatch In order to take advantage of hydrological diversity, energy is transported through long distances. Power plants in the same river basin are own by different companies.
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Spot price is low most of the time...
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Generation Free Consummers Captive Consummers Distribution Transmition Distribution tariff TUST TUSD TUST TUST PPA (energy) Free Consummers TUSD - TUSD - Distribution network charge + taxes TUST – Distribution network charge + taxes Distribution Tariff = Energy + TUSD PPA – Power Purchase Agreement Long term power purchase agreements (PPAs)
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Results of recent auctions of energy (competition for the market, rather than in the market) Sales: ~ 150 TWh/year 37% Hydro e 67% Thermal (natural gas, oil and coal) Total value: ~ US$ 110 billion
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Did Brazil run out of sites to build new hydro plants? USA Congo Indonesia Peru Russia China Colombia India BRAZIL Canada Italy Sweden Norway Japan Germany France 100 0020406080 Source: EPE
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Hydropower plants in the Amazon river basin What would be the alternatives?
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Distance of potential hydro plant sites to the large cities
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Rio de Janeiro: pacification & formal economy
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