Issue 183 • March 2022

WAR, ENERGY AND DECARBONIZATION: STRATEGIES FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRISIS

OPINION

In this editorial, PSR analyzes Russia’s importance to the world’s energy supply, the impacts of the war on electricity, oil, and gas markets, and its implications for the global energy transition.

REGULATORY

This section addresses the ordinary review of the physical guarantee of centrally dispatched hydroelectric plants and other relevant topics.

WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

In this section, we comment on the role of hydroelectric plants in the coming decades and whether it would be possible to overcome the difficulties of environmental licensing.

INTERNATIONAL

Exceptionally, there will be no international section this month as the agenda was dealt with in the opinion section.

INNOVATION

This section discusses Deep Learning (DL) systems, which currently can already replace human activities that require a second of brain processing.

STRUCTURAL SUPPLY ANALYSIS

We present the updated demand and structural energy supply balance for the coming years and our traditional “delay meter”.

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Electronically published since 2006, the PSR Energy Report is a monthly newsletter developed by PSR, whose main objective is to present a comprehensive and current analysis of regulatory, legal issues, water resources and environment and supply of the electricity sector in Brazil.