To face the drought and guarantee energy security until 2026, the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy) took measures to anticipate scenarios and problems caused by the drought in the Brazilian electrical system.
Minister Alexandre Silveira met with the CMSE (Electricity Sector Monitoring Committee), asked the ONS (National System Operator) to prepare a contingency plan and outlined strategies with the government leadership to guarantee supply and avoid blackouts.
The problem is that the ideas presented so far are just more of the same: focusing on the use of water resources and the activation of thermal power plants. In this scenario, it is essential to consider climate change and the impacts of these measures on the environment.
According to work carried out based on simulations using the IPCC's global climate models, multi-year periods of low precipitation, such as that from 2013 to 2018, will be common in the Northeast, North and Southeast regions.
Despite the recent summers of prosperity, a new period of drought is approaching, which will affect our hydroelectric plants as well as the supply of water for agriculture, industry and human use.
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