Renewable energy curtailment losses
STO-REC-STAT5RBE6RT2 National
1.1 billionUSD
Brazil · 2025
Renewable energy curtailment losses in Brazil stood at 1.1 billion USD in 2025 (IHA).
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese) — main text
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
With nearly 90% of Brazil's electricity already coming from renewables, and curtailment losses estimated at USD $1.1 billion in 2025 alone, the stakes for getting energy storage policy right are significant.
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- APA
- International Hydropower Association. (2025). Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese). Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/publications/pumped-storage-systems-in-brazil-portuguese. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5RBE6R22W8KS2E9B43HMB8JS9R
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese)." 2025, https://www.hydropower.org/publications/pumped-storage-systems-in-brazil-portuguese. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5RBE6R22W8KS2E9B43HMB8JS9R.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese)." 2025. https://www.hydropower.org/publications/pumped-storage-systems-in-brazil-portuguese. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5RBE6R22W8KS2E9B43HMB8JS9R.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2025renewableb8js9r, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese)}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5RBE6R22W8KS2E9B43HMB8JS9R}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/publications/pumped-storage-systems-in-brazil-portuguese. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese)
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Pumped Storage Systems in Brazil (Portuguese) — main text
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_5RBE6R22W8KS2E9B43HMB8JS9R