André Borges

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André Borges is an award-winning journalist based in Brasília with more than 26 years of experience as a reporter.

Amazon power plants face imminent shutdown

Amazon power plants face imminent shutdown

Biofuel producer BBF is Latin America's biggest cultivator of palm oil, but financial chaos means it may have to close down power plants in Brazil's North, in areas that rely entirely on its energy

1 month ago • André Borges

Brazil's coal city resists energy transition

Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition

The energy transition to cleaner generation sources has not been an easy topic for some municipalities in the South of Brazil, where the country's few thermal power plants that still produce energy from coal combustion are concentrated

2 months ago • André Borges

Eletrobras mega power plants Amazon

Exclusive: Eletrobras loses plan to build three mega power plants in the Amazon

Missed deadlines prompt the cancellation of ambitious Amazon hydro projects. Meanwhile, changing priorities, climate consciousness, and renewables reshape Brazil's energy matrix

3 months ago • André Borges

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Ibama walkout sparks fears of environmental decline once fire season returns

A strike at Brazil's environmental protection agency means that critical post-fire cleanup operations are not being carried out, which could spell destruction once the dry season comes around again

3 months ago • André Borges

amazon The Tucuruí line runs through the Waimiri Atroari indigenous territory, home to some 2,300 indigenous people in 82 villages. Photo: PAC

Major Amazon energy project forced to adhere to indigenous time

The Tucuruí transmission line project is facing delays, with indigenous traditions and conditions imposing unique challenges on Transnorte Energia

3 months ago • André Borges

A strike by government workers has halted environmental licensing processes. Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira says this poses a risk to Brazil's energy supply. Photo: Pedro Ladeira/Folhapress

Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry warns of risk of power generation cuts

Civil servants working in Brazil's environmental agencies are on strike, putting the country's power generation capacity at risk

3 months ago • André Borges