Solar Panels and Batteries Are Changing Life in Brazil’s Amazon

TIL that Brazil has the cleanest grid in the G20 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (gift link)

"we used to depend on diesel & lamps...now we have electricity 24 hours/day, without noise or smoke" 'adding solar & batteries to diesel plants in Amazon....approved initial 29 projects...Diesel transported by boat to ~160 thermal plants & thousands of generators...~$2.4 billion subsidies/yr'

Clean energy projects are taking off across Brazil's rainforest, reducing the need to burn diesel and bringing 24/7 power for refrigeration, schooling and tourism www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...