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The content describes the most growing renewable energy sources, i.e., hydropower, wind and photovoltaic. It shows the basic principles for each generation technology, its sustainability aspects, the world availability and presents their potential and generation in Brazil.
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Oliveira, J.F.G., Trindade, T.C.G. (2018). Renewable Energy Sources. In: Sustainability Performance Evaluation of Renewable Energy Sources: The Case of Brazil. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77607-1_2
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