How is the development of the free energy market in Brazil going? At the end of 2020, according to data from the Energy Research Company (EPE), there was a 1.6% drop in energy consumption in the country.
The acronym ESG refers to Environmental, Social and Governance and means that that company or investment seeks the best environmental, social and governance practices. That is, this acronym can be represented to say how much a business tries to minimize its environmental impacts, building a more just and responsible world.
In 2020, the use of fossil fuels for power generation was less than in recent years, reducing CO2 emissions by 7%.
With the increase in the electricity tariff and the search for sustainable sources, the solar energy sector should generate more than R $ 20 billion this year.
In early February, the Senate approved the basic text of MP 998, for the electricity sector, which aims to contain tariffs. Understand what changes with your approval!
Renewable energy sources are wind, solar, hydro and biomass, but despite being sustainable sources, their use still needs to be expanded. How is the use of renewable energy sources in Brazil and in the world? Historically, world energy production has always been based on fossil fuels, such as oil and coal. However, over the decades it was realized that these fuels were finite and that their use caused the greenhouse effect and aggravated global warming.
Energy generation is totally related to the environment, since all energy produced is the result of the transformation of some natural resource. Thus, it is everyone's duty to take care of the environment to ensure that the resource is maintained for the next generations.
The global demand for electricity is expected to grow 62% over the next 30 years. This will add 1.5% to world consumption per year. One of the factors for this increase is population growth, which is expected to reach 9.7 billion people, according to United Nations (UN) organizations.
The production of energy from hydrogen is considered one of the bets of the energy market for the future. Hydrogen is abundant, efficient, storable and transportable, does not produce gases that aggravate the greenhouse effect and can be produced from renewable sources.
Do you know how electricity generation occurs in Brazil? In 2017, according to the Energy Research Company, the Brazilian energy matrix was composed as follows: 36.4% from oil and gas, 17% from sugarcane, 13% from natural gas, 12% from hydraulic, 8% firewood and charcoal, 5.9% bleach and other renewables, 5.7% coal, 1.4% nuclear and 0.6% from other renewables.