SUMMARY

• Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South America.
• Important oil and gas producer.
• World's second largest ethanol fuel producer.
• Oil, Natural gas, coal, and uranium are primary sources of energy.

ELECTRICITY
The major power company is Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras (Eletrobrás), which together with its subsidiaries generates and transmits approximately 60% of Brazil's electric supply.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

• Brazil is the third largest hydroelectricity producer in the world
• Nuclear energy accounts for about 4% of Brazil's electricity.
• Solar Energy less than 0.01% of the energy in Brazil.
• Brazil's gross wind resource potential is estimated to be about 140 GW.