Let’s recap last week’s news from the freshest news of the A-5 new energy auction held on September 29th and changes to the December reserve auction guidelines.
- Winner of the A-5, Orizon seeks to anticipate works at a plant that will use urban solid waste to generate energy
- Auction A-5 negotiates 860.8 MW of power; solar source has the smallest discount of the day
- A-5 confirms low demand but shows price increases, experts say
Our partner MegaWhat produced an analysis of the auction results. Check out: 2021 A-5 Auction – Auction Results.
An unprecedented and very cool study, published by Catavento Consultoria, showed that in addition to water scarcity, we can also face the scarcity of minerals for energy generation.
Minerals? Like this?
That’s right, as an example, an offshore wind farm generally needs an eight times greater volume of critical minerals (copper, zinc and manganese) than a natural gas-fired power plant with similar installed capacity, according to data from the International Agency of Energy (IEA).
On the agenda of the 1,000 days of government of President Jair Bolsonaro, the electricity sector was present, with the launching ceremonies of the Jaguatirica II and GNA I thermoelectric plants, both powered by natural gas.
In the speeches, the announcement of the works on the Tucuruí Line, the works of the GNA II UTE, a study for the direct purchase of cooking gas by the states, in addition to the ongoing discussion of daylight-saving time and programs for voluntary reduction in demand.
- Fulfilling the 1,000-day schedule, Bolsonaro launches thermal and announces the start of work on the Tucuruí Line.
- Minister says daylight saving time is not necessary and highlights reduction program.
- For GNA, plant completion “is just the beginning” for Latin America’s largest gas hub
The oil and gas sector was also on the rise, either in terms of values, or with defenses, on both sides, while we await the vote by
the Chamber of Deputies on the possibility of a fixed value for the ICMS.
- After diesel readjustment, Petrobras is expected to raise gas prices for distributors by 4%
- President says he never raised federal taxes and advocates direct purchase of LPG by states
- Brent comes close to $80 a barrel and puts pressure on Petrobras fuel prices.
