Germany responded swiftly to the Japanese nuclear crisis by announcing a decision to phase out its older nuclear stations. Japan followed a few weeks later saying that it intends to focus on renewable energy (although it won’t do away with...
Tag - Hydropower
We recently published an article on Brazil’s energy sector as part of our Amazon/Brazil series. The article mentioned a controversial hydroelectric project in the Amazon region called Belo Monte, which has met fierce opposition from...
- alternative energy
- Amazon
- Amazon trip
- Animals
- Biofuel
- Brazil
- Carbon emissions
- Deforestation
- environment
- ethanol
- Forests
- Fossil fuel
- Hydropower
- Oil
- Solar power
- wind energy
Dispatch from Brazil: the energy issue
Brazil takes a lot of pride in the fact that 48% of its energy matrix is renewable, mostly thanks to hydropower, the source of 80% of the electricity consumed in the country, and ethanol, which has been powering vehicles in the country since the...
