Brazil storms have sparked floods and caused a hydroelectric dam to collapse, with at least 29 people dead and 60 missing. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the country's south on ...

ENGIE Brasil Energia has signed an agreement to acquire two hydropower plants, adding 612MW to its energy portfolio.

The presence of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon led to the local extinction of several endemic fish species in the Uatumã River, according to research from the National ...

Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial 17 billion US dollars project in the Amazon that has drawn ...

“I don’t think any more big hydro dams will be built,” said Mauro Maura Severino, a lecturer in electric energy at the University of Brasilia. ”Brazil should move towards clean ...

Brazil lost 400 thousand hectares of water surface in 2024. The country’s territory covered by water bodies and reservoirs ...

a hydroelectric dam and power station on the Uatumã River in the Amazon Rainforest. The company started to prepare for floating projects after the Brazilian government announced in 2014 a plan to ...

Brazilian hydroelectric power producer Companhia Hidroelétrica ... has completed a 1 MW floating PV plant at the Sobradinho dam, a 175 MW hydroelectric facility on the São Francisco river ...

So, China, Brazil, Canada, and the US make up roughly ... pollution and so can help minimise global heating. Setting up hydro dams uses large amounts of concrete and this contributes to carbon ...

The construction of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon led to the loss of seven endemic fish species in the Uatumã River, researchers have found. The hydroelectric dam has ...