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Eletrobras is an electric power holding company. It is the largest generation and transmission company in Brazil. Through its subsidiaries it owns about 40% of Brazil's generation capacities and controls 69% of the National Interconnected System. [6] Eletrobras stands as the biggest company of the electric power sector in Latin America.
Sources of electricity in Brazil, 2000–202. At the end of 2021 Brazil was the 2nd country in the world in terms of installed hydroelectric power (109.4 GW) and biomass (15.8 GW), the 7th country in the world in terms of installed wind power (21.1 GW) and the 14th country in the world in terms of installed solar power (13.0 GW) - on track to also become one of the top 10 in the world in solar ...
From 2011 to 2021, Brazil's electricity generation increased at an average annual rate of 2.4%, driven by growth in solar power (199%), wind power (40%), and fossil fuels (13%). In 2021, the most important sources of electricity generation were hydropower, contributing 55% of total electricity, followed by natural gas with 15%, and wind with 11%.
As of January 2017, more than 450 companies were listed on the Brazilian stock exchange B3, according to the exchange's website. The following is a list of the components of B3's main index Ibovespa as of 12 April 2024 [update] , their ticker symbol, industry, and the location of their headquarters.
The Company went public in April 1994 on the Brazilian B3 stock market, and in 1997 was the first company of the Brazilian electricity sector to be listed at the New York Stock Exchange. As from June 2002, the brand is also present at the European Economic Community, having been listed at Latibex - the Latin American index of companies of the ...
Pages in category "Electric power companies of Brazil" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It operates in the areas of generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electric energy and also in the distribution of natural gas. The company is responsible for 12% of the Brazil's distribution. It is the fourth-largest electricity company in Brazil by revenue after Eletrobras, Energisa and CPFL Energia.
Sales to the captive market totaled 39,917 GWh, up 1.7%. The company is also one of the largest Brazilian companies in the Generation segment 41 operating plants, 8 Power Plants (PPH), 33 Smal lHydro Power (SHP) and Thermoelectric which together represent an installed capacity of 1672 MW, 831 average MW of assured energy and 2% market share.