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Brazil Electricity Use To Grow 4.5% A Year Through 2021 -EPE

Brazil Electricity Use To Grow 4.5% A Year Through 2021 -EPE
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Τετ, 4 Ιανουαρίου 2012 - 18:34
Brazil's electricity consumption will expand by an average of 4.5% per year through 2021 as the country continues its pattern of sustained economic growth, the government-run National Energy Research Corporation, or EPE, said Wednesday.
Brazil 's electricity consumption will expand by an average of 4.5% per year through 2021 as the country continues its pattern of sustained economic growth, the government-run National Energy Research Corporation, or EPE, said Wednesday.

Electricity use is likely to reach 736,000 gigawatt-hours in 2021. By comparison, last year electricity use totaled 472,000 gigawatt-hours.

The forecast is based on an annual expansion of 4.7% for Brazil's economy through 2021.

Industrial use is expected to reach 346,000 gigawatt-hours in 2021, up from 225,000 gigawatt-hours last year.

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