Climate change adds pressure on Brazil’s power system

Climate change is suspected to have a direct impact on the Brazilian power sector and consumers’ electricity bills. Between 2016 and 2020, the inflow of water into hydroelectric dams because of rains was well below the average recorded by the National Electricity System Operator (ONS) in a period of almost nine decades: 85.6% in the Southeast/Central-West (the main system in the country), 49.3% in the Northeast, 88.4% in the South and 76.2% in the North.

Source: Valor International