South America. Another strategy to counteract the energy shortage was announced by the Minister of Energy of Brazil, Edson Lobao, when announcing the "political decision" of his government to build two hydroelectric plants in conjunction with Bolivia and Argentina, according to information from América Economía, the plants will have a capacity of 12 thousand megawatts.Brazil is currently building two large plants on the Madeira River, near the border with Bolivia, and in January put into operation several thermoelectric plants that work based on diesel or fuel oil.
