Are wind and solar energy resources a complementary resource in Brazil?

In the light of the current moment of transformation of the electricity sector in Brazil and elsewhere, with a growing uptake of utility-scale wind and solar power plants, this work shows that the temporal complementary of wind and solar resources in the Brazilian Northeast is consistent and it can have a major role in the optimal portfolio design.

Could pumped hydro be the missing piece in Brazil's energy system?

Conclusion Although energy storage solutions have yet to be widely deployed in Brazil, generation flexibility remains a scarce commodity. Therefore, storage projects, including pumped hydro, could be the missing piece needed to enhance the country's energy system.

Will Aneel introduce storage systems into the grid in 2025?

In parallel with ANEEL's regulation efforts, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, which is responsible for planning and public policies related to the power market, plans to hold an auction to introduce the deployment of storage systems into the grid in 2025, subject to a centralised dispatch by the National Electric System Operator.

Can Brazil be a big battery storage country?

With well-designed policies and regulations, Brazil has significant potential to follow in the footsteps of jurisdictions like California and Chile for large-scale battery storage, Germany for distributed and large-scale storage, and Australia for both pumped hydro and large-scale battery systems.