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Loading ...A New Twist to Recyclables for Electricity Programs
Monday, September 21st, 2009I’ve posted in the past about innovative Brazilian programs in the states of Ceará (CE), Mato Grosso (MT) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) to get people to turn in recyclables in exchange for getting a reduction in their monthly electric power bill. One of the programs I liked was Consciência EcoAmpla, run by Endesa‘s subsidiary […]
BNDES Finances Small Hydropower Expansion
Friday, December 26th, 2008In recent months Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) has been pumping a lot of money into small-scale hydroelectric power (PCH in Portuguese) projects. How much? R$910 million in 15 projects since August for a total new power generation of capacity of 264.5 megawatts (MW). That means by end-2008 BNDES will have 85 PCH projects in […]