Folha evolves and points to energy records.
After the embarrassment of the "blackout" and the "minor blackouts" sold to the public exactly one year ago, the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper this Tuesday acknowledges that Brazil has never produced as much energy as it does now and even says that, if there are "isolated cases of power outages," they will not be caused by any shortage of electricity production; the reason would only be the high temperatures, which could affect transmission lines; that's something.
247 - Exactly one year ago, Folha de S. Paulo was responsible for a fiasco, selling the public the idea that Brazil was suffering from "minor blackouts," which were a prelude to a major "blackout."
None of that happened, and Brazil enters 2014 with record energy production. A report in Tuesday's newspaper indicates that, due to the high temperatures, Brazil reached peak production last Friday, with 79.962 megawatts, according to data from the National System Operator.
Interviewed in the report, the coordinator of the Electric Sector Studies Group at UFRJ, Nivaldo de Castro, states that there is no risk of blackouts, as has been occurring in neighboring Argentina. "Today's Argentina is not tomorrow's Brazil. There is a possibility of occasional power outages, yes, but not due to structural causes," he says.
The expert states that the only real risk is damage to transmission equipment, which can be caused by high temperatures.