World
Institutional
links
Welcome back on
26 -29 August,
ONS 2008
ONS 2008:
Press sees Norway
from toe to tip
Petroleumworld
Business
Partners:
Centre for
Global Energy
Studies
Blogspots
The Energy Guide
to Venezuela
By Venezuelan British
Chamber of Commer
  |
Brazil's Petrobras plans to boost production of thermal electricity
HOUSTON
Petroleumworld.com, Sept 22, 2008Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said new natural gas finds and an increased number of pipelines will allow it to consolidate its position as the country's leading generator of thermal electricity.
The company's gas and energy director, Maria das Gracas Foster said that Petrobras plans to boost its output of thermal electricityfrom its current level of 5510 megawatts annually to 7150 megawatts by 2010.
Of that projected total, 5525 MW will be generated by burning natural gas, while the rest will come from other sources such as diesel and biomass, she said.
"The company has clearly positioned itself as a generator of electricity." Foster said.
Brazil has the largest electricity market in South America and meets over 80 percent of that demand through hydroelectricity generation, although this makes the country vulnerable to power supply shortages in times of drought.
Story from Power Engineering
Power Engineering 19 09 08
Copyright© 2008 respective author or news agency. All rights reserved.
We welcome the use of Petroleumworld™ stories by anyone provided it mentions Petroleumworld.com as the source. Other stories you have to get authorization by its authors.
Your feedback is important to us!
We invite all our readers to share with us
their views and comments about this article.Write to editor@petroleumworld.com
Any question or suggestions, please write to:
editor@petroleumworld.com
Best Viewed with IE 5.01+
Windows NT 4.0, '95, '98 and ME +/ 800x600 pixels