Industries

The Brazilian government has been supporting the expansion of hydropower projects in Brazil. Natural gas-fired generating capacity in the country could increase to 13,000 MW by the year 2017. Domestic participants cater to only 40.0 percent of the total demand of the energy industry. Hence import of technology and equipment from different countries...

Lulas administration has made substantial progress towards achieving economic stability in Brazil by the induction of pension reform and the move to flexible exchange rates. Brazils international relations with developed economies making a gateway in terms of its trade relations. The FDI strategy of Brazil favoured the of foreign investors in ene...

This report on the energy industry of Brazil covers the economic importance of the industry, its structure, and segments from 1998 to 2007. The energy supply segment covered in the report includes domestic energy production and energy trade in primary energy sources such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, renewable energy, and nuclear power. The ener...