Eletrobrás, in partnership with Itaipu Dam and the UK (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) launched the Renewable Energy Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean. The goal is to encourage multilateral cooperation with countries in the region and share best practices and successful experiences in the use of renewable energy.

 

A database of available technologies in the fields of renewable energy - biomass, solar, wind, geothermal and small hydro - can be accessed on the site of the Center (www.observatoriobrasil.org). A demonstration area of renewable energy in Western Paraná, to the international market, must still be deployed on site.

 

 Furthermore, the UK also works to publicize the Electric Vehicle Project of Itaipu, a company's effort to research and develop-powered vehicles to electric power as a way to minimize the effects of climate change, seek energy efficiency and encourage the use of renewable energies.

 

With information from Eletrobras
Communications Department
Ministry of Mines and Energy
55 61 3319-5620/5588