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In an event held this Tuesday (25), the president of Eletrobras, Wilson Ferreira Júnior, said the fuel of the next decade will be green hydrogen and that Brazil's predominantly renewable electrical matrix places the country in a prominent position for its production.
The executive also revealed that, for this reason, the company will invest in floating solar plants in the reservoirs of its hydroelectric plants to produce green hydrogen “cheapest in the world”.
According to him, the idea is to encapsulate and transport the fuel to other countries. “We have reservoirs, transmission lines and we intend to use part of these reservoirs to build hybrid plants. The energy produced can fuel the electrolysis process to produce cheaper green hydrogen”, he stated.
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For the executive, the current events linked to the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine, such as the European energy crisis and the tightening of global gas markets, along with recent legal frameworks created in Brazil, will help make the market national more competitive abroad.
Renewable matrix
Currently, the Brazilian electrical matrix has around 186 GW, of which 155.6 GW, or 83%, comes from renewable sources: hydroelectric, wind, solar and biomass. The potential, however, is much greater.
According to Ferreira Júnior, in onshore wind alone, the national generation potential exceeds 400 GW. “In solar then, it is not even possible to calculate,” he said.
This Tuesday, Brazil surpassed the 21 GW of operational capacity in solar energy, including large-scale plants and own energy generation systems. The new level was reached 20 days after the source reached the 20 GW mark, on October 5th.
