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19/06/2012
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In 2010, record year, with increased consumer access to consumer goods and services
The IDS survey (Sustainable Development Indicators) 2012, released on Monday (18) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), showed that the Brazilian energy consumption per capita reached 52.9 gigajoules (GJ) per capita in 2010, the highest level since the beginning of the series which started in 1992. The previous record was recorded in 2008, while consuming 50 GJ per capita.
In 2009, per capita consumption had fallen to 48.3 GJ. According to IBGE, the increase of energy consumption in 2010 is related to the degree of development of the country and the growth of access to essential consumer goods and infrastructure services.
The IDS survey found that the participation of oil and derivatives in the energy matrix of the country remained almost stable between 2009 and 2010, with a slight decrease from 37.9% to 37.6%. An increased share of natural gas, 8.7% in 2009 to 10.8% in 2010.
According to the IBGE, in 2010 the life of oil and natural gas was estimated at 19 years to 18 years for oil and gas. For the institute, in the next surveys may occur oscillations of the life of the oil, due to recent discoveries of oil in the pre-salt.
Besides oil and natural gas, nonrenewable sources in the energy matrix, which total 54.5% of the total, including coal and derivatives, which jumped from 4.7% to 5.2% between 2009 and 2010, and uranium and derivatives, which remained stable at 1.4% between the two years.
The survey also showed that in 2010, 45.5% of the energy used in Brazil came from renewable sources. The share of renewables in total primary energy supply showed a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, derived from cane sugar fell from 18.2% to 17.8%, hydropower, 15.2% to 14%; and firewood and charcoal, from 10.1% to 9.7%.
Source: R7 News
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