Main focus
- With the water crisis, companies are looking to increase their focus on solar energy.
- The National System Operator (ONS) declared that it would rule out energy rationing in 2021.
- To ensure the security of energy supply in 2022, the government has published guidelines for the simplified auction of reserve capacity.
Shell Energy seeks to grow with a focus on solar energy, mainly with projects developed in the Southeast region. In the South, Edelbrau, the first Brazilian craft brewery to become self-sufficient in the consumption of solar sources, shows the source’s impetus in the country. Speaking of impulses for the projects, the legal framework for distributed generation took its first step in the Federal Senate.
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It’s not deja vu, the GNA I thermoelectric plant had an adjustment stop on September 20, four days after starting commercial operation, and returned to the system on the night of last Wednesday, 22.
In recent days, there was also shut down in two substations in Furnas, in Rio de Janeiro, affecting the supply of population from Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. The first occurred at the Rocha Leão substation, interrupting 696 MW of load, while in the second, a 1 GW cut was ca sed at the Jacarepaguá substation.
At the PMO meeting this Thursday, it was also presented that the flexibilization of exchange limits in the Northeast has a deadline to end, in November, with no prospect of extension.
Meanwhile, the energy load in the country shows a slight increase in September, with expectations of annual growth of 4.6% being maintained. For the next few months, the probability of the La Niña phenomenon increases, which is expected to last throughout the summer.
To ensure the security of energy supply in 2022, the government published the guidelines for the simplified auction of the capacity reserve, which has no confirmed day, only the month: October. A decree was also published, extending the Proinfa contracts by 20 years.
