Brazil: Renewable power generation
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| Brazil |
Renewable power generation, billion kilowatthours |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 623.29 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | billion kilowatthours |
| Data availability | 1980 - 2023 |
| Average | 330.31 |
| Min - Max | 130.36 - 623.29 |
| Source | The U.S. Energy Information Administration |
The latest value from 2023 is 623.29 billion kilowatthours, an increase from 592.79 billion kilowatthours in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 47.46 billion kilowatthours, based on data from 189 countries. Historically, the average for Brazil from 1980 to 2023 is 330.31 billion kilowatthours. The minimum value, 130.36 billion kilowatthours, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 623.29 billion kilowatthours was recorded in 2023.
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Definition: Total Renewables Electricity Net Generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units and also excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oil reserves | 12.71 | 2021 | billion barrels |
| Oil production | 3,401.59 | 2023 | thousand Barrels Per Day |
| Oil consumption | 3,144.00 | 2014 | thousand barrels per day |
| Diesel and heating oil consumption | 1,129.04 | 2023 | thousand barrels per day |
| Gasoline production | 533.65 | 2014 | thousand barrels per day |
| Gasoline consumption | 1,069.51 | 2023 | thousand barrels per day |
| LPG production | 173.77 | 2014 | thousand barrels per day |
| LPG consumption | 235.85 | 2023 | thousand barrels per day |
| Jet fuel production | 104.95 | 2014 | thousand barrels per day |
| Jet fuel consumption | 112.17 | 2023 | thousand barrels per day |
| Coal reserves | 7,270.84 | 2023 | million short tons |
| Coal production | 7,246.28 | 2023 | thousand short tons |
| Coal consumption | 24,062.67 | 2023 | thousand short tons |
| Coal imports | 17,383.11 | 2023 | thousand short tons |
| Coal exports | 0.01 | 2023 | thousand short tons |
| Electricity production capacity | 240.25 | 2023 | million kilowatts |
| Electricity production | 700.26 | 2023 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity consumption | 608.45 | 2023 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity imports | 22.29 | 2023 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity exports | 7.19 | 2023 | billion kilowatthours |
| Renewable power capacity | 194.08 | 2023 | million kilowatts |
| Renewable power generation | 623.29 | 2023 | billion kilowatthours |
| Natural gas production | 0.758 | 2023 | quadrillion Btu |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.999 | 2023 | quadrillion Btu |
| Biofuels production | 591.80 | 2022 | thousand barrels per day |
| Biofuels consumption | 591.539 | 2022 | thousand barrels per day |
| Prime energy production | 10.909 | 2023 | quadrillion Btu |
| Prime energy consumption | 10.322 | 2023 | quadrillion Btu |
| Biodiesel production | 116.500 | 2022 | thousand barrels per day |
| Biodiesel consumption | 116.241 | 2022 | thousand barrels per day |