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    BNDES Shuts Five Firms Out of Brazil Wind Turbine Market

    19 january 2013 SAO PAULO — Five of the biggest wind-turbine makers have been shut out of Brazil’s $3.5 billion market by the national development bank BNDES after failing to…

    Local Content Rule Thwarts Solar Development in Brazil

    19 january 2013 Sao Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s bid to spur solar-energy projects is failing as a ban on state subsidies for foreign-made panel parts hinders sales by the world’s…

    Rio+20 and the Future of Clean Energy

    19 january 2013 In late June, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two decades after its predecessor, the 1992 Earth Summit, was…