Brazil
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
| Fossil fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
| Solid (106 t) | Liquid (10³ m³) | Gas (106 m³) |
Uranium (t) | Hydro (GW) | Other | |
| renewable | ||||||
| Total amount in specific units | 32 259 | 4 729 440 | 703 267 | 309 370 | 135 | — |
| Total amount in exajoules (EJ) | 294.0 | 76.0 | 15.4 | 90.2 | 3.5 | — |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS (PJ)
| 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | Compound annual growth rate (%) | |
| 2000 to 2017 | |||||
| Domestic Energy Supply [PJ] | |||||
| - Total | 7 956.7 | 11 250.2 | 12 546.7 | 12 278.5 | 2.6% |
| - Solids | 544.2 | 605.5 | 737.9 | 703.0 | 1.5% |
| - Liquids | 3 631.8 | 4 258.6 | 4 673.6 | 4 449.6 | 1.2% |
| - Gases | 429.4 | 1 152.9 | 1 715.4 | 1 588.4 | 8.0% |
| - Nuclear | 75.6 | 161.5 | 161.4 | 175.6 | 5.1% |
| - Hydro | 1 255.2 | 1 576.9 | 1 419.2 | 1 466.3 | 0.9% |
| - Other/Renewables | 2 020.5 | 3 494.9 | 3 839.3 | 3 895.7 | 3.9% |
| Energy production [ktoe] | |||||
| - Total | 6.4 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 4.1% |
| - Solids | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | (1.8% |
| - Liquids | 2.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.5% |
| - Gases | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 6.7% |
| - Nuclear | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | — | (100.0% |
| - Hydro | 11 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2% |
| - Other/Renewables | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0% |
TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION (GROSS VALUES)
| 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000 to 2017 | ||
| Capacity of electrical plants (GW) | G/N | |||||
| - Thermal | 8.41 | 21.76 | 26.31 | 27.12 | 7.1% | |
| - Nuclear | 1.97 | 2.01 | 1.99 | 1.99 | 0.1% | |
| - Hydro | 61.06 | 80.70 | 91.65 | 100.28 | 3.0% | |
| - Wind | 0.02 | 0.93 | 7.63 | 12.28 | 46.3% | |
| - Geothermal | — | — | — | — | — | |
| - Other/Renewables | 2.21 | 7.93 | 13.28 | 15.44 | 12.1% | |
| - Total | 73.67 | 113.33 | 140.86 | 157.11 | 4.6% | |
| Electricity production (TWh) | G/N | |||||
| - Thermal | 30.62 | 63.87 | 135.19 | 106.56 | 7.6% | |
| - Nuclear | 6.05 | 14.52 | 14.73 | 15.74 | 5.8% | |
| - Hydro | 304.40 | 403.29 | 359.74 | 370.91 | 1.2% | |
| - Wind | 0.00 | 2.18 | 21.63 | 42.37 | 87.1% | |
| - Geothermal | — | — | — | — | — | |
| - Other renewable | 7.86 | 31.94 | 49.94 | 53.74 | 12.0% | |
| - Total | 348.92 | 515.80 | 581.23 | 589.33 | 3.1% | |
| Total electricity consumption (TWh) | 331.79 | 464.70 | 524.75 | 528.06 | 2.8% |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
| 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017* | |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) | 1 899.59 | 2 373.98 | 2 568.32 | 2 543.05 |
| Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 19.6% | 17.5% | 17.5% | 16.7% |
| Nuclear/total electricity (%) | 1.5% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2018
| Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2018 |
| ANGRA-1 | PWR | 609 | Operational | ELETRONU | WH | 1971-05-01 | 1982-03-13 | 1982-04-01 | 1985-01-01 | 88.6 | |
| ANGRA-2 | PWR | 1275 | Operational | ELETRONU | KWU | 1976-01-01 | 2000-07-14 | 2000-07-21 | 2001-02-01 | 91.2 | |
| ANGRA-3 | PWR | 1245 | Under Construction | ELETRONU | KWU | 2010-06-01 | 2025-09-03 | 2025-09-13 | 2026-01-01 |
| Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
| Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |