São Paulo recorded in 2019 the lowest carbon dioxide emission per capita in history, according to the Energy Balance (2020) released by SIMA on Wednesday (16). For the first time in history, gas emissions per capita corresponded to 1.614 tons of CO2/year. From 2009 to 2019, São Paulo also had greater production and consumption of hydrated ethanol, with 10.8 and 11.6 billion liters of the ethanol fuel, respectively. The total energy supply had an increase of 2.3%, and the total final consumption increased 1.5%, both in comparison to the previous year. The document also points out the average electricity consumption in São Paulo, 151 GWh, as well as it indicates the consumption by sector: industry (42%), transport (34%) and residential (8%). The energy sufficiency (supply excluding imports and losses) was of 58.2%. The share of energy consumption by fuel shows that oil products represent 34%; cane bagasse (24%); water (19%); ethyl alcohol (10%); natural gas (7%) and the remaining (6%).
Source: Universo Agro/DATAGRO
*Translated by Ia Niani