Brazil should also steer away from a policy of zero deforestation, which could compromise the construction of hydropower plants and transmission lines, Calou says.
Electricity sector asks for hydro rethink
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's electricity industry is urging the government to consider building big dams as indispensable to the country's energy security when the nation goes to the climate summit in Copenhagen in December
8 October 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 10:00 GMT
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