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Brazil approves terms for first battery procurement auctions in December
Brazil’s electricity regulator approved terms for two battery auctions on Tuesday.
The auctions are planned for December and mark the country’s first procurement of batteries through auctions.
They are intended to help improve the security of Brazil’s National Interconnected System, the country’s connected electricity network.
One auction will require local content, while the other will not.
The annual price cap is R$1.76 million per megawatt for the local-content auction.
The cap for the auction without that requirement is R$1.58 million per megawatt per year.
The auctions are scheduled for December, but no further details about their outcome are provided.
Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency approved terms for the country’s first battery procurement auctions.
The auctions are scheduled for December and are intended to contribute to the security of the National Interconnected System.
The local-content auction has a price ceiling of R$1.76 million per megawatt per year.
The auction without a local-content restriction has a price ceiling of R$1.58 million per megawatt per year.
- Who
- Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel).
- What
- It approved the terms for the first auctions to procure batteries.
- When
- The terms were approved on October 27, 2026. The auctions are scheduled for December.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- The batteries are intended to contribute to the security of the National Interconnected System.
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Aneel approved the terms for the battery procurement auctions.
Brazil’s first battery procurement auctions are scheduled to take place.
- Local-content auction ceiling
- R$1.76 million per MW per year
- Auction without local-content restriction ceiling
- R$1.58 million per MW per year
- Approval date
- October 27, 2026
- Auction timing
- December