While some countries are preparing for a relatively early existence without coal in their energy mixes, Brazil is not yet going to give up this mineral. According to the current energy transition scenario, coal will be used for at least eighteen years.
Brazil will not say goodbye to coal as an energy raw material until at least 2040. This follows from a legislative document called a ‘just energy transition’. The fairness of the transition to greener energy commodities is that clean sources are not prioritized at all costs and at the expense of economic hardship for those who are not ready for greener energy production.
According to Ricardo Baitel of Brazil’s Institute of Energy and Environment, this is “bad news for consumers and the environment.” “The law is part of a current trend where politicians are trying to change the national energy plan and promote more expensive and environmentally polluting ways of generating electricity,” Baitelo told Reuters. In addition, the use of coal is to be subsidized from public budgets.
