Santo Antonio (Brazil)

Type: City

Name: Santo Antonio (Brazil)

Country: Brazil

Latitude: -6.31

Longitude: -35.470001

population: 12,529

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Infrastructure - Brazil - Energy companies in Brazil offer big opportunities for logistics firms

Energy companies in Brazil are bringing big business opportunities to local transportation logistics firms, industrial projects director Cedric Boos, of the Brazilian unit of international logistics company Geodis Wilson told BNamericas.Boos is in charge ... [Published Business News Americas - May 15 2013]

Entities: Brazil, Geodis Wilson, Logistics

First reported Feb 12 2013 - Updated Feb 12 2013 - 1 reports

Brazil's hydroelectric dam boom is bringing tensions as well as energy

Guardian: When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span 8km across the Madeira river and feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the world. Then there are the power lines, draped along 2,250km of forests and fields to carry ... [Published Water Conserve: News - Feb 12 2013]

Entities: Hydroelectric Dam, Brazil, Santo Antonio (Brazil)

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"For one, transporting huge windmill blades for wind energy companies brings us a lot of business" Boos said without disclosing sales figures

Infrastructure - Brazil - Energy companies in Brazil offer big opportunities for logistics firms [Published Business News Americas - May 15 2013]

...Rolando Pablos, CEO of the Borderplex Alliance, expressed hope that this could be "the tipping point to our regional goal of becoming the solar energyenergy development capital of North America."

Latin America Report: Thinking Big About Clean Energy and Climate Change [Published Renewable Energy World - May 01 2013]

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