Brazil's Next 10-Year Energy Plan Envisions Expanded Role for Wind, Biomass Generation

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The Brazilian government's next 10-year Energy Expansion Plan, scheduled to be unveiled in February, will envision a sizable increase in the use of non-hydro renewable energy, a Mines and Energy Ministry spokesman told BNA Jan. 11. Brazil's current plan, which covers 2010 through 2019, calls for non-hydro renewable energy, including wind plants and biomass-fueled thermoelectric plants, to provide 8.7 percent of Brazil's electricity-generating capacity by 2019 (33 INER 518, 5/26/10). The new plan, which will cover 2011 through 2020, will expand the share of wind power and biomass energy in the country's energy mix "well above" the 8.7 percent goal, the spokesman said. He did not offer a precise figure.