Brazil’s Grid Limits Threaten Renewable Investments

Brazil's grid operator is capping the amount of electricity wind and solar producers can supply to the national grid, seriously threatening future renewable energy investments in the country. Industry executives and representatives have lamented that renewable energy investments are less viable under the National Electric System Operator's (ONS) current "curtailments" policy that temporarily caps how much power the operator accepts from wind and solar plants. The problem has been most acute in northeast Brazil, one of Brazil's top producers of…