Wind and solar are still top of the agenda in Brazil’s long-term power planning if they remain competitive, while alternative mechanisms are being studied that could lead to renewable power certificates and minimum levels of clean-electricity contracting, says the country’s top energy planning official.

“The participation of renewables in the power mix will depend upon their competitiveness with other technologies, and the perspectives for economic growth and, consequently of power demand,” Luiz Barroso, the president of Brazil’s federal energy planning authority EPE, tells Recharge.

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