Current Trio invites Leny Andrade

http://www.photovoltaic-conference.com/

25th European Conference on Photovoltaic Solar Energy (6-9 September 2010) will be held at the Feria Valencia in Valencia, Spain.

Exposure

The 25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5 - Exhibition will be held from 6 to 9 September 2010 at the Feria Valencia, Spain. This day trade show and four of the global photovoltaic industry will attract about 900 companies and solar organizations as well as about 40,000 visitors from around the world. The exhibition, running in parallel with the Conference provides a showcase for technology and service providers involved in the solar PV field.

The 25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5 will highlight the progress of research, technological development and production processes, bringing together all key industry experts to make the platform more informative for the global solar PV industry.

The exhibit includes manufacturers of photovoltaic modules and components, manufacturers of production equipment, the supply industry, PV system companies and distributors, PV installation companies, PV project research development, testing and institutes and consultancies engineering.

10:27:49 pm - 07/15/2010

ProAc

The government today more SP authorizes $ 20 million to be raised through legal incentives for culture ProAc.

$ 60 million, the money will go to $ 80 million in 2010.

13-07-2010 22:23:39

Folha de Sao Paulo - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/dinheiro/fi2802201009.htm

Sao Paulo, Sunday, February 28, 2010

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Brazil lags behind in the race for new "green" economy

While the U.S. and China invest billions in technology, the country settles matrix clean, analysts say

In 2009, major economies on average spent 16.4% of the investment stimulus packages with 'green', in Brazil, the share was 5%

NATÁLIA PAIVA
THE WRITING

In the global race for scientific development and expansion of investments linked to low-carbon economy, Brazil is beginning to fall behind.
While powers like the U.S. and China invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the area, seen as the new frontier of global development, Brazil does not even have a national model, say academics and environmentalists. In the private sector, green businesses run into bottlenecks and inadequate tax structure, lack of regulatory framework and lack of incentive.
In this race, the country has the advantages of biodiversity and the choices made ​​in the past (like the focus on alcohol and hydroelectricity). However, wasting the huge potential of energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass, and slow progress in key areas such as cellulosic ethanol, according to experts.
"Maybe that comfort is bringing a reaction somewhat indulgent, unlike countries pressed by the urgency of the energy shift, which are making efforts to diversify its energy sources and changing production and consumption patterns," says economist Ricardo Abramovay, the Center Environmental Economics at USP.
Overall, an average of 16.4% share of the stimulus packages launched last year to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis was "green" ($ 513 billion in 17 major economies), according to HSBC. Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates that 16% of these green funds are intended for research and development of clean technologies.
In Brazil, only $ 1.5 billion, or about 5% of the total anti-crisis fiscal stimulus, focused on the productive sector "clean" as the IPI cars reduced to "flex". And, according to a survey by the Ministry of Environment, made ​​in all folders at the request daFolha, in 2009 the government spent $ 2.5 billion in stock green ($ 380 million directly related to research, not counting space activity).
The amount, 0.36% slice of the budget runs (less state and transfers), is considered low and "questionable" by experts, by counting programs that do not have relationship with the area, as the Light for All (it takes energy to local isolates) and Pronaf (family farms).
For political scientist Sergio Abranches, the country remains without an "integrated policy sustainability" and the National Climate Change Policy, enacted in December, but still no-rules should not change that, by focusing on combating deforestation and "a little in agriculture. "
The geographer Bertha Becker, UFRJ, expert from Amazon issue, argues that "it is not clear" what "sustainable development" and "green economy", but that investment in research and science "would certainly help" the country to create model intelligent use of resources.
"If we do not invest in scientific training, to stay on the cutting edge of developing low-carbon, we'll be back. In the 20th century did not, the Asians did. Now, is zero new production capacity. Those who invest more will stand out, "says Abranches.

Ethanol and solar
Precisely because of low investment in research, Brazil jeopardizes its leadership in ethanol compared to its biggest competitor, the United States, investing more to develop cellulosic ethanol (made from sugar cane bagasse, for example), the future of biofuels.
"We're crawling. Brazil has been very little activity in the field of science, though the practice has developed a technology well developed, "says physicist Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, director of the National Research Center for Energy and Materials, in Campinas.
Although the cane is much more efficient and "cleaner" than corn developed in the U.S., where the second generation technology is developed there, and there is no progress here, Americans would take the lead. In Brazil, public and private investment in ethanol research totaling $ 150 million annually, according to estimates the CTC (Sugarcane Technology Center), U.S. $ 1 billion a year going just to cellulosic research.
An effort of weight in the race is the Center for Science and Technology of Bioethanol, inaugurated by President Lula in January, with investments of R $ 69 million. Its directors call the annual budget, yet undefined, $ 50 million.
By 2020, pollution related to energy at least double, estimates the government itself. Clean energy sources and energy efficiency could further mitigate the effects of increased energy consumption, says the USP physicist Jose Goldemberg.
"The government is mesmerized with the pre-salt, there is a great effort in research around it. If you are fascinated, pays less attention to alternatives that may seem more expensive, but so stimuli could solve. "
The solar energy, for example, as follows seen face and not to scale. "It is the vision of those who do not know the industry. Chinese industries now have the scale, because they began in 2002 with much encouragement from the government, "says Izete Zanesco of Solar Energy Technology Center of PUC-RS.
The group has just closed a project of national technology, the lower cost for solar panels and now works in a business model to attract investors. Between 2005 and 2009, the project had assets of $ 6 million-well below the initial 11 million to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy in Germany had for a similar project, says Zanesco.

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Research PricewaterhouseCoopers made ​​last year with 123 companies from diverse sectors working in Brazil shows that 42% of them consider the regulatory issues limiting the development of sustainable projects. For 38%, the high costs are the main limiting. The tax structure as figure looks high impact for 26% of companies.
In the automotive industry, competition with ethanol inhibits alternative energy projects for cars. Today, electric or hybrid initiatives are experimental and are unlikely to succeed commercially, evaluates Fred Chapman, of the Center for Automotive Studies. "You can not talk about investments of hundreds of millions of dollars, first because there is no incentive from the government and secondly because there is no guarantee that we will market the product."
In construction, there are several obstacles that limit the expansion of sustainable practices, Safady said Paul Simon, president of the CBIC (Brazilian Chamber of Construction Industry). The so-called "greenbuildings" high-tech and energy-efficient thermal and he said no more than 200 in the country. "There are immense problems in science and technology in the tax structure and the training that hinder the deployment."
In the waste sector, there is ample room for expansion, since more than half of urban waste disposal is inadequate or is not even collected. The main bottlenecks are the timidity of tax incentives and the lack of tools to ensure the eradication of landfills and contaminated areas, says the president of Abetre (industry association), Diogenes Del Bel.
The "green plastic" made ​​from alcohol, is the main focus of the chemical industry. Abiquim (industry association) estimates that in 2020, 10% of the thermoplastic resin material of the world will be renewed. Brazil will hold 50% market share, which will result in investments of up to $ 16 billion by 2020.
"But the projects are much more targeted for export. Worldwide, the green is more appealing. In Brazil, there is a lag, as a matter of education, awareness, regulation and purchasing power, "says the organization's president, Nelson Pereira dos Reis.
The wind energy sector, which handled $ 2.5 billion in 2009 and whose first exclusive auction in December, put the country on the radar of the major manufacturers, is optimistic. But the lack of long-term policies, contracts with periodic, still affects investments, said Steve Sawyer, Chairman of GWEC (Global Association of the sector). The biomass sector complains of occasional and low hiring incentives, says Zilmar de Souza, Unica (sugar cane industry).
(NATÁLIA PAIVA and PAUL DE ARAUJO)

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