The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, said in an interview with CNN, that the diversity of energy sources present in Brazil prevented rationing. The speech was made by the head of the portfolio in London, where he met with investors.
“Brazil has an abundance and diversity of energy sources,” said Albuquerque.
According to the minister, all this variety is considered by the country, especially renewable ones. “We cannot be dependent on just one source,” he said.
“A clear example of this is the water shortage that Brazil experienced last year, and that, if we didn’t have other energy sources, we would have had rationing and blackout.”
Clean energy
In a statement made at a participation in the panel of the Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica) and Raízen at COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, this Wednesday (3), Albuquerque stated that Brazil should have 50% of its clean energy matrix by 2030 – an evolution of the current 48%, classified by the minister as “already impressive”.
Albuquerque did not specifically mention what the strategies would be to reach the goal, but highlighted the role of biofuels in the transport sector.
“Biofuels, in particular ethanol and biogas, whose main source is also sugarcane, have played and will play an even more significant role in the decarbonization efforts of the transport sector,” he declared.
“Sugarcane products currently account for 19% of the Brazilian energy matrix, with the participation of ethanol, bagasse, bioelectricity and biogas”, he added.
For the minister, the discussions at COP26 are more “mature” in relation to COP25, which took place in 2019 in Madrid, Spain. “The world had the opportunity to reflect on these two years and organize itself better, even with the pandemic, for this event of importance to the world.”
(*With information from Giovanna Galvani and Nicole Diniz, from CNN)
Reference: CNN Brasil
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