A prolonged drought is also making hydropower scarce and planning difficult.
Mário Menel, president of the Brazilian Association of Self-Producers of Power, Abiape, tells Recharge: “Our first power supply choice is the use of sub-products of our processes, such as industrial gases.
"Our second choice was always hydroelectric power, but the growing difficulties in building dams because of social and economic restraints make us look for new power sources, while a surge in prices is forcing us away from buying power from distribution companies."
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