Tag: Brazil energy

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 05:27 UTC

  Heat wave in Brazil forces power cuts; to recover fragile system rates could increase by 60%

  

  Rolling blackouts swept across parts of Brazil as the grid operator ordered select power cuts to avoid a larger crisis, drawing attention to a fragile electric system that is buckling under the strains of record-breaking heat and dryness.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Drought in Brazil hits hydropower and energy rationing is increasingly likely

  

  With less than 40 days remaining before the country takes center stage as host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazilian hydropower power operators are facing a severe drought that makes energy rationing an increasing likelihood.