A month passed between Rio de Janeiro's 1st & 3rd grid-tied #solar #PV systems via #Brazil's new net-metering rules due to #bureaucracy

#Brazil's Nov energy auctions include 109 #solar #PV and 10 #CSP projects for total of >3GW of contracts. Over half slated for #Bahia state.

Four Democrats on Senate Banking Committee expected to vote 'no' if Obama nominates Summers for Fed reut.rs/17VqxCS

#BRIC solidarity: Russia and China officially get behind Dilma Rousseff's anti-NSA int'l internet governance effort. valor.com.br/u/3285588

Força, Ronaldinho!

After 20 yrs, #NAFTA has proven its worth. #NorthAmerica now a unified production space. More to do, esp on #energy and borders. #TPP #TTIP

#Brazil aviation ind. tests #biofuel waters today, as GOL Linhas Aéreas flies out of Congonhas airport burning #ethanol: valor.com.br/u/3313896

#Brazil civil aviation on #ethanol brink. Gol Airlines says daily ethanol hybrid flights to begin (like so much else) "after the World Cup"

#Brazil Pres. #Dilma continues to bet on oil royalties to fund education, says Libra field=R$1 tr over 35 yrs (Port.) valor.com.br/u/3314038

A week after foreign firms won oilfield bid, state-owned bank #BancodoBrasil allows more foreign ownership(up to 30%) bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-2…

#Brazil VP upbeat about Chinese state firms in oil auction, hints at Chinese involvment in BH, Rio airport concession valor.com.br/brasil/3317964…

EU Comm Pres @BarrosoEU says he definitely ("com certeza") sees #Brazil-EU coop. in pressing Washington on wiretaps: valor.com.br/internacional/…

Among other things, Bassem Youssef is being investigated on charges of "portraying Egypt as a promiscuous woman": nyti.ms/HuscW7

#Brazil airfare up 130% above inflation since '05. Tourism off'l to "convince" airlines to cut prices. Good luck, sir valor.com.br/empresas/33216…

Zindler: Policy is made around energy security issues - not around climate challenges.

Zindler: we've seen serious growth in solar energy for the first time - especially in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil. #CSISLive

#Brazil's Ctrl Bank returns to voicing concerns about high borrowing costs after 6th straight rate hike last week valor.com.br/u/3363404

Ban Ki-moon praises #Brazil's "Luz Para Todos" program for electrification and poverty alleviation (Port.) mme.gov.br/mme/noticias/d…

Amb. Villegas: for the first time, the majority of Colombians are in the middle class. That's a big achievement. #csislive

#Brazil Central Bank, always wary of US volatility's spillovers, wants Fed to get it over with and taper ASAP valor.com.br/financas/33677…