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Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone (www.riotimesonline.com)

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Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone::On February 7, Brazil marked a landmark achievement, powering 92.4% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

As it says not in the title, it's only electric energy and we always had insane hydroelectric power generation. People shouldn't think that is because the government is investing hard on being green, or cares a lot about the environment (heck, some of the newer hydroelectrics destroyed a ton of the Amazon forest)

[-] Engineer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago

Is this nameplate capacity, actually peak generation, or average generation? They're all good, but for the first two, to get 100% renewable energy all the time, you need a lot more than 100% nameplate or peak generation.

[-] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Looks like the original source is this: https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/alexandre-silveira-celebra-recorde-de-carga-das-fontes-renovaveis-no-sistema-interligado-nacional

O Sistema Interligado Nacional registrou consumo recorde de energia nesta quinta-feira (7/2). Às 14h15, a carga total foi de 101.860 megawatt (MW), com 92,4% de fornecimento por fontes renováveis, especialmente usinas hidrelétricas, usinas eólicas, usinas solares e micro e minigeração distribuída, segundo dados do Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico (ONS).

Rough translation:

The Sistema Interligado Nacional ("Interconnected National System") registered record energy consumption this wednesday (7/2). At 14h15, the total load was of 101.860 megawatt (MW), with 92,4% provided by renewable sources, in particular hydroeletric plants, wind plants, solar plants plus micro and mini distributed generation, according to data from the Operator Nacional do Sistema Elétrico ("National Electric System Operator") (ONS).

So if I'm understanding correcty this was peak generation.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

The article title is a blatant lie. "Energy" includes transportation fuels etc., not just electricity!

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