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Brazil is the 7th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South America. [1] [2] At the same time, it is an important oil and gas producer in the region and the world's second largest ethanol fuel producer.
A 2009 study published in Energy Policy found that the use of ethanol fuel in Brazil has allowed to avoid over 600 million tons of CO 2 emissions since 1975, when the Pró-Álcool Program began. The study also concluded that the neutralization of the carbon released due to land-use change was achieved in 1992.
2 Gas and oil fired. 3 Gas turbines. 4 Internal combustion engines. 5 Nuclear. 6 Hydroelectric. 7 Solar. 8 Wind. ... Energy policy of Brazil; List of power stations ...
The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (Portuguese: Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis – ANP) [1] is the federal government agency linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy responsible for the regulation of the oil sector in Brazil. [2] It was created in 1997 by law 9478.
In 1997, the government approved Law N.9.478, which broke Petrobras's monopoly and allowed competition in Brazil's oilfields, and also created the national petroleum agency, Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP), responsible for the regulation and supervision of the petroleum industry, and the National Council of Energy Policies, a public agency ...
Vibra Energia (formerly Petrobras Distribuidora or BR) is the largest distributor and marketer of petroleum derivatives and biofuels of Brazil and Latin America. It was a subsidiary of Petrobras until 2021 but now it is a corporation. The company has more than 8,000 gas stations in Brazil.
Renewable energy in Brazil (5 C, 1 P) ... National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (Brazil) National Council for Energy Policy; S. South American Energy ...
Trends in the five countries with largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014), based on data from CIA The World Factbook Countries by natural gas and oil proven reserves (2015) World natural gas proven reserves 1960–2012 (OPEC)