“The
priority
of
the
government
continues
to
be
renewable
energy,”
says
Mauricio
Tolmasquim,
president
of
the
government’s
energy
research
centre,
EPE.
But
with
a
plethora
of
gas
coming
to
the
market,
the
government’s
interest
has
been
piqued
by
the
opportunity
for
a
cheap
and
stable
power
source.
It
has
announced
that
natural-gas
projects
will
compete
with
renewables
in
the
A-3
tender.
That
is
contrary
to
an
earlier
assurance
that
should
natural-gas
projects
be
permitted
to
compete
in
regulated
bids,
they
would
be
limited
to
the
A-5
tenders,
which…
