The presence of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon led to the local extinction of several endemic fish species in the Uatumã River, according to research from the National ...

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 ...

Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a new right: a share in the profits of hydroelectric plants that cause them harm when built on or near their lands.  This was established in a preliminary ruling ...

“I don’t think any more big hydro dams will be built,” said Mauro Maura Severino, a lecturer in electric energy at the University of Brasilia. ”Brazil should move towards clean ...

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 lost 400 thousand hectares of water surface in 2024. The country’s territory covered by water bodies and reservoirs ...

About a year ago the Brazilian government announced its plans to install 350 MW floating solar array at hydro dam in Amazon. Floating PV presents a particular advantage in Brazil, as the modules ...

Brazil currently hosts a 1 MW floating solar plant at the Sobradinho Dam, a 175 MW hydroelectric facility on the Sao Francisco River in Sobradinho, in the state of Bahia. The project, which will ...

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 ...

The construction of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon led to the loss of seven endemic fish species in the Uatumã River, researchers have found. The hydroelectric dam has ...