The slaughter of cattle in the first quarter of this year was 6.56 million head, a drop of 10.6% compared to the first quarter of 2020 and 10.9% compared to the previous quarter. It is the lowest result since the first quarter of 2009. The data are from the Livestock Production Statistics, released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

Source: Money Times

The Gera Group intends to invest this year in the construction of its own renewable energy generation projects totaling 35 MW, in several Brazilian states. The idea is to meet the demand of large consumers. The company informed that the investment plan in own projects this year is five times the amount.

Source: Energia Hoje

The sector’s revenues reached R$26.2 billion ($5 bn), an increase of almost 68% over the previous year. According to the Ministry, 98.4% of the volume sold had the Social Biofuel Seal, which requires the inclusion of family farmers in the production chain. In ethanol, there was a drop in the volume commercialised due to the pandemic. But corn ethanol production grew more than 84% in 2020, to 2.4 billion litres.

Source: Portal do Agronegocio

Distributed generation should attract approximately R$ 16.7 billion ($3.2 bn) in investments this year, according to federal deputy Lafayette de Andrada, rapporteur of bill 5.829/2019, which provides for the implementation of a legal framework for DG in the country. The proposal is being processed in an urgent regime in the House of Representatives The main source for the modality is solar, which last year accounted for investments of R$ 11 billion ($2 bn) in systems installed on roofs, facades or small rural sites.

Source: Energia Hoje

Brazil has reached the historic mark of 9 GW of operational power in large photovoltaic plants and small and medium systems installed on roofs, facades and lands, informs a survey of the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (Absolar), indicating that the source brought more than R$ 46 billion ($8.5bn) in investments and 270 thousand jobs to the country.

Source: Canal Energia

The Brazilian government, banks and startups that finance the agricultural sector are working to create a
mechanism to allow banks to transfer part of the money from mandatory funds, raised by demand deposits, to
fintechs so they can lend it to farmers. A demand deposit is money deposited into a bank account with funds that
can be withdrawn on demand at any time. The idea is for startups to create investment funds and sell shares to banks, which would pay according to the requirements of the rural credit program. The estimated amount to be transferred to fintechs is R$20 billion ($3.8 bn) per harvest.

Source: Valor International

The station was inaugurated in the city of Osasco (SP) and the project is expected to be expanded. The project is part of a program to reduce water losses in the region that involves investments of around R$50 million ($9.5 mm). In addition to operational and energy safety, the project brings a 15% efficiency gain when compared to traditional systems. The initiative will benefit 9,300 people served by Sabesp.

Source: Energia Hoje