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Bloomberg) — Brazil’s Amazon teems with plant and animal life and is
critical to the health of the planet as a storehouse of carbon dioxide. The
nation also has the cleanest national grid among G20 countries, thanks to
abundant hydropower, much of it originating in the Amazon.
But many Amazonian communities aren’t connected to the grid. In remote areas
with no roads, transmission lines are difficult to build and maintain. Instead,
they depend on polluting diesel fuel for electricity.
Diesel, transported by boat, is burned by about 160 local thermal plants and
thousands of generators scattered around the rainforest. Brazil’s government
spends roughly $2.4 billion in subsidies per year to support this system,
according to the National Electric Energy Agency.
Now, solar panels and lithium batteries are beginning to transform the region,
supplementing or replacing diesel altogether.
“We used to depend on diesel and lamps,” said Waldemir da Silva, a leader in
the Três Unidos Indigenous community of about 40 families at the mouth of the
Cuieiras River, located about 45 miles (72 kilometers) from Manaus, the capital
of Amazonas state, and accessible only by boat. “Today we have electricity 24
hours a day, without noise or smoke.”"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
