Roughly 70 percent of the renewable power generated in Brazil in 2022 came from hydroelectric power plants. In total, the hydropower generation in the country stood at roughly 427 gigawatt hours. This was followed by wind energy, which reached a production of 81.6 gigawatt hours that year.
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EPE. (March 14, 2024). Generation of renewable energy in Brazil in 2022, by source (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1466504/brazil-renewable-electricity-production-by-source/
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EPE. (2024). Generation of renewable energy in Brazil in 2022, by source (in gigawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1466504/brazil-renewable-electricity-production-by-source/
EPE. "Generation of Renewable Energy in Brazil in 2022, by Source (in Gigawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1466504/brazil-renewable-electricity-production-by-source/
EPE, Generation of renewable energy in Brazil in 2022, by source (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1466504/brazil-renewable-electricity-production-by-source/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Generation of renewable energy in Brazil in 2022, by source (in gigawatt hours) [Graph], EPE, March 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1466504/brazil-renewable-electricity-production-by-source/