US, Brazil Extend Energy Transition Collaboration

US, Brazil Extend Energy Transition Collaboration
The U.S. and Brazil have renewed their commitment to advancing a just and inclusive energy transition through new joint initiatives.
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The United States and Brazil have renewed their commitment to advancing a just and inclusive energy transition through new joint initiatives.

The cooperation has been unveiled by US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Brazil Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira. The two leaders urged immediate action to tackle the climate crisis. They “emphasized the opportunity to leverage cooperation under the USBEF [U.S.-Brazil Energy Forum] to expand the exchange of information and lessons learned from the implementation of their respective climate and clean energy policies, in pursuit of achieving each country’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050”, the DOE said in a media release.

The two countries pledged to continue collaboration on clean hydrogen to assess the technical and economic feasibility of bioenergy-to-hydrogen routes.  Furthermore, a network of universities will be developed to build the required skilled workforce.

The two countries agreed to cooperate on bringing clean energy to remote communities in the Amazon by identifying opportunities for replacing fossil power systems with distributed renewable systems. The two countries will also collaborate on launching Clean Energy Hubs to promote innovation and deployment of clean hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies. The U.S. and Brazil will also strengthen cooperation on carbon and methane management, focusing on technical and regulatory support to advance methane emissions regulation and the development and implementation of CCUS technologies.

In the last twelve months, the two countries have, among other achievements, completed the initial phase of a joint techno-economic study to assess the clean hydrogen production pathway from bioenergy sources, held four technical workshops on the regulatory framework of CCUS and methane mitigation of oil and natural gas infrastructure, and conducted a joint webinar on power grid infrastructure modernization.

The two countries have also continued their bilateral partnership on civil nuclear power, renewing their commitment to cooperating on the modernization of the nuclear power plant Angra-1 and nuclear power regulation, the DOE said.

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