Brazil Confirmed as Sustainable Energy Producer

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Friday, May 23, 2008

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Brazil Confirmed as Sustainable Energy Producer

BRAZIL – The conclusions of the four day Global Renewable Energy Forum, which ended this week, are that it is possible to find ways for countries to develop without compromising the planet's sustainability.

More than 1,000 people from 50 different countries were in the southern Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu to discuss production of biofuels, solar and wind energy, hydroelectric plants and biomass.

"Our country is the world's leading example of renewable electric power production. On the whole, 91 per cent of electric power consumed in Brazil in 2006 came from renewable energy. Now we have biomass, it is a blessing for the planet," said Jorge Samek from Brazil's Itaipu Binacional.

At the end of the meeting, the director general of the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development (UNIDO), Kandeh Yumkella, highlighted the role played by Brazil in the discussion of renewable power sources and called attention to the importance of knowledge exchange between countries.

The director for technology at Eletrobrás, Ubirajara Rocha Meira, said that the forum achieved its main goals, in reaffirming the position of Brazil within the international community, obtaining an overview of the benefits of renewable energies, as well as the obstacles to it, and creating commercial opportunities between organisations from around the world.

Besides Itaipu and Onudi, the Global Renewable Energy Forum was organised by Eletrobrás and the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy.

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