Since 1990, Brazil's total primary energy demand has doubled, driven mostly by increases in electricity consumption and the need for transportation fuels as a result of the country's vigorous economic expansion.


The principal aim of the Mato Grosso Hydro project is to augment the proportion of sustainable energy in Brazil's overall electricity consumption, and the Latin America and the Caribbean. The three small hydroelectric power plants that make up the project activity have a combined installed capacity of 76.07 MW. Each individual plant has a power generation capacity between 21 and 28MW. The plants are situated near the Jauru River in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, which is in the country's Midwest. The project activity reduces emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) which would be generated and emitted in the absence of the project through electricity generation from power plants connected to the grid, which are mainly fossil fuel thermal power stations having an important impact on the environment.