Brazil storms have sparked floods and caused a hydroelectric dam to collapse, with at least 29 people dead and 60 missing. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the country's south on ...

Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial 17 billion US dollars project in the Amazon that has drawn ...

Brazil and Peru are considering five hydroelectric projects that would ... Peru may consume 20% of the electricity from the dams and ship the rest to Brazil, Lobao told reporters Friday in Rio ...

According to reports, Brazil s energy minister Eduardo Braga said late last week that the government planned to begin a series of pilot tests of solar power generation on hydroelectric dams ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) A Brazilian court has nullified Cemig's auction of 15 hydroelectric plants citing constitutional violations. This ruling, issued on January 13, 2025, disrupts the energy ...

Brazil has flooded large swaths of the Amazon for hydro dams, despite opposition from Indigenous peoples, environmentalists and others. The country gets 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower.

In 2011, the Iguazu National Park and Iguazu Falls were chosen as one of the "Seven Natural Wonders of the World". The Iguazu ...

So, China, Brazil, Canada, and the US make up roughly ... pollution and so can help minimise global heating. Setting up hydro dams uses large amounts of concrete and this contributes to carbon ...

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy owns four hydroelectric facilities on the Androscoggin River Riley, including three with dams or power stations that straddle town lines. LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen ...