40-foot mobile energy storage container in Brazil

Can Brazil be a big battery storage country?

With well-designed policies and regulations, Brazil has significant potential to follow in the footsteps of jurisdictions like California and Chile for large-scale battery storage, Germany for distributed and large-scale storage, and Australia for both pumped hydro and large-scale battery systems.

Can foreigners invest in battery storage businesses in Brazil?

Investment, incentives and taxation scenarios According to Brazilian law, there are no legal restrictions on direct foreign investment in the battery storage businesses or in the power sector (except in very specific segments or sectors of the economy).

Could pumped hydro be the missing piece in Brazil's energy system?

Conclusion Although energy storage solutions have yet to be widely deployed in Brazil, generation flexibility remains a scarce commodity. Therefore, storage projects, including pumped hydro, could be the missing piece needed to enhance the country’s energy system.

Will Aneel introduce storage systems into the grid in 2025?

In parallel with ANEEL’s regulation efforts, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, which is responsible for planning and public policies related to the power market, plans to hold an auction to introduce the deployment of storage systems into the grid in 2025, subject to a centralised dispatch by the National Electric System Operator.