General Information on Brazil
Brazil is the 5th largest country of the world and the 1st in South America with a total area of 8,515,767.049 km2 (IBGE 2014). In 2014, it had a GDP of US$ 1.73 trillion and total population of 202,033,670 inhabitants, being 85.43 % concentrated in urban areas and 14.57 % in rural areas. Brazilian HDI (2013) is 0.744 (US HDI is 0.914) and unemployment level in 2015 is 7.9 %. The GDP per capita ranges US$ 11.199 (IBGE 2014).
The main economic activities are agriculture and extractive industries.
Former Portuguese colony, Brazil is a secular presidential republic with a strong catholic tradition. The political system is multipartidary and the legislative power is bicameral (congress and senate). The country lived a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985 and on the last twelve years is being governed by the left-oriented party PT. Dilma Rousseff was the former president of the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
Need of Nonrenewable and Renewable Resources
The...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
ANEEL (2015) BIG. Databasis of Electricity Generation. Available on: http://www.aneel.gov.br/aplicacoes/capacidadebrasil/Combustivel.cfm. Accessed Jan 2016
IBGE (2014) Available on: http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/. Accessed Jan 2016
EIA (2012) Brazil Country Analysis. Avaliable on: https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=BRA
EPE (2014) Brazilian Energy Balance 2013. Available on: https://ben.epe.gov.br/downloads/Relatorio_Final_BEN_2014.pdf
The Natural Gas Act. Law no. 11.909/09
The Petroleum Act. Law no. 9.478/97
The Power Sector Act. Law no. 10.848/04
Tolmasquim M (2011) Novo Modelo do Setor Elétrico Brasileiro. Editora Synergia, Rio de Janeiro
World Bank (2015) Data. Energy imports. Available on: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.IMP.CONS.ZS. Accessed Jan 2016
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this entry
Cite this entry
Amorim, L. (2016). Brazil: Energy Policy. In: Tiess, G., Majumder, T., Cameron, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_84-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_84-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-40871-7
eBook Packages: Springer Reference EnergyReference Module Computer Science and Engineering