Brazil
TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION
Average annual growth (%) | |||||||
1970 | 1980 | 1991 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 * | 2000 to 2010 | |
Population (millions) | 94.5 | 121.2 | 146.9 | 169.6 | 190.8 | 193.9 | 1.18 |
Population density (inhabitants/km2) | 11.1 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 1.19 |
Urban population (% of total) | 56.0 | 67.7 | 75.5 | 81.2 | 84.4 | - | 0.39 |
Area (1000 km2) | 8,515.7 |
TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)
Average annual growth (%) | |||||||
1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2000 to 2011 | |
GDP (millions of current US$) | 469,318 | 770,350 | 644,984 | 882,439 | 2,143,921 | 2,475,066 | 13.0 |
GDP (millions of constant 2011 US$) * | 1,314,727 | 1,529,207 | 1,689,232 | 1,937,916 | 2,409,227 | 2,475,066 | 3.53 |
GDP per capita (current US$) | 3,202 | 4,849 | 3,766 | 4,812 | 11,094 | 12,696 | 11.7 |
TABLE 3. ESTIMATED ENERGY RESERVES
Source1 | Oil | Natural Gas | Coal2 | Hydraulic3 | Uranium4 |
Unit | 103 m3 | 106 m3 | 106 t | GW | t U3O8 |
Measured/Indicated/ Inventoried | 2,271,490 | 434,376 | 10,061 | 108,8 | 177,500 |
Inferred/Estimated | 2,511,140 | 472,155 | 22,240 | 28,1 | 131,870 |
Total | 4,782,630 | 906,531 | 32,301 | 136,9 | 309,370 |
Oil Equivalent5 (103 toe) |
2,026,169 | 431,335 | 2,746,520 | 81,949 | 1,254,681 |
1 Not including other renewable sources, besides Hydraulic. 2 Considers recovery of 70% and heating value of 3,900 kcal/kg. 3 Based on capacity factor of 55%. The oil equivalent value refers to one year generation. 4 Only losses due to mining and beneficiation are considered. The plutonium reprocessing was not considered. 5 Calculated using only measured, indicated and inventoried reserves. |
TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND INSTALLED CAPACITY
Energy values are in 103 GWh (except where indicated) | Annual Average Growth Rate (%) | |||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2006 to 2011 | Part % (2011) | |
Electricity Production | ||||||||
- Total | 419.3 | 445.0 | 463.1 | 463.0 | 515.8 | 532.9 | 4.9 | 100,0 |
- Fossil Fuel (1) | 35.7 | 33.9 | 51.1 | 31.1 | 60.8 | 48.5 | 6.3 | 9.1 |
- Hydro | 348.8 | 374.0 | 369.6 | 389.9 | 403.3 | 428.6 | 4.2 | 80.4 |
- Nuclear | 13.8 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
- Biomass (2) | 14.4 | 17.2 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 31.5 | 32.2 | 17.5 | 6.0 |
- Wind | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 55.2 | 0.5 |
- Others | 6.3 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 5.2 | - | 1.0 |
Capacity values are in 103 MW(e) (except where indicated) | ||||||||
Capacity of electrical plants | ||||||||
- Total | 96.3 | 100.4 | 102.9 | 106.6 | 113.3 | 117.1 | 4.0 | 100.0 |
- Hydro | 72.0 | 74.9 | 74.9 | 75.5 | 77.1 | 78.4 | 1.7 | 67.0 |
- Thermal | 20.4 | 21.2 | 23.0 | 25.4 | 29.7 | 31.2 | 8.8 | 26.6 |
- Nuclear | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
- Small Hydro | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 19.3 | 3.5 |
- Wind | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 47.6 | 1.2 |
TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIO
Annual Average Growth Rate (%) |
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2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2006 to 2011 | |
Energy consumption per capita (toe/capita) (1) | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.29 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 2.75 |
Electricity per capita (1) (kWh/capita) | 2,300 | 2,413 | 2,482 | 2,454 | 2,703 | 2,770 | 3.79 |
Electricity consumption/Energy consumption (%) | 15.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.8 | -- |
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | 3.29 | 2.79 | 3.02 | 2.81 | 2.81 | 2.95 | -- |
Ratio of external dependency (%) (2) | 8.48 | 8.24 | 8.79 | 4.47 | 7.66 | 8.55 | -- |
Load factor of electricity plants (%) | 2012 | ||||||
Total | 47.6 | ||||||
Thermal | 17.9 | ||||||
Hydro | 59.6 | ||||||
Nuclear | 91.2 | ||||||
(1) The population values for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 were obtained with interpolation. (2) Net import / Total energy consumption. |
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Source for population data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistic Sources for energy data: (1) Brazilian Energy Balance of the Ministry of Mines and Energy and (2) 2012 Statistical Yearbook of Electric Energy of the Ministry of Mines and Energy |
TABLE 6: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2014
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 2014 |
ANGRA-1 | PWR | 609 | Operational | ELETRONU | WH | 1971-05-01 | 1982-03-13 | 1982-04-01 | 1985-01-01 | 88.5 | |
ANGRA-2 | PWR | 1275 | Operational | ELETRONU | KWU | 1976-01-01 | 2000-07-14 | 2000-07-21 | 2001-02-01 | 88.6 | |
ANGRA-3 | PWR | 1245 | Under Construction | ELETRONU | KWU | 2010-06-01 | 2016-01-01 |
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
Note: Table 7 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. |