At COP30 Government of Brazil and the Global Energy Alliance join forces to expand clean power and opportunity across the Amazon

Press Release

Brazil

15.11.2025

15 November 2025 | Belem, Brazil – A new five-year partnership between the Government of Brazil and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet will bring renewable energy, green jobs, and economic opportunity to remote communities across the Amazon – advancing universal energy access, strengthening the region’s bioeconomy, and accelerating an inclusive energy transition that leaves no one behind. Signed today in Belém during COP30 the agreement will support efforts toward ending energy poverty in the Amazon, where nearly one million Brazilians still live without electricity. It also supports Brazil’s broader commitment to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, foster local economic development and promote social equity.

This partnership forms part of Latin America’s ambitious drive to achieve universal electricity access. Over the past decade, Latin America has expanded electricity access faster than almost any other region – progress led in large part by Brazil’s strong regulation and sustained investment in its power grid. Yet the final stretch remains the hardest. More than 95 percent of Brazilians who still lack electricity live in the Amazon, where vast distances, low population density, and fragile ecosystems make traditional grid expansion costly and complex.

Alexandre Silveira, Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy, said: “Brazil is showing that it’s possible to combine energy inclusion, climate responsibility, and economic opportunity. This partnership with the Global Energy Alliance strengthens our national commitment to deliver universal, renewable power to every Brazilian family. We’re turning climate ambition into concrete action.”

The National Secretary of Energy Transition and Planning, Gustavo Ataíde, noted that the agreement adds an additional partner to the goals of the Energies of the Amazon program. “We are aligning investment and innovation to ensure that clean energy drives local enterprises, supports essential services and promotes inclusive economic growth. This converges with our principles of Energies of the Amazon, which is the largest decarbonization program in the world. It generates high-quality, clean energy for the population,” said the secretary.

“We’re proud to partner with the Government of Brazil and the Ministry of Mines and Energy to turn clean power into opportunity for communities across the Amazon,” said Woochong Um, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance. “This is about more than electricity — it’s about dignity, livelihoods, and a just future for every family. Together with Brazil’s leadership, we’re demonstrating how renewable energy can replace diesel and strengthen local economies as it powers açaí processing, fishing, schools, health centers, and more. What we build here in the Amazon can become a blueprint for equitable electrification and inclusive growth across Latin America and beyond.”

This agreement deepens ongoing collaboration between the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Global Energy Alliance to translate renewable access into tangible improvements in people’s lives. It builds on joint efforts to strengthen energy policy, improve implementation capacity, and expand the productive use of electricity in remote regions. Together, the partners are aligning investment and innovation to ensure that clean power fuels local enterprise, supports essential services, and drives inclusive economic growth.

Following COP30, the partnership will be featured at the second Energies of the Amazon Workshop in Manaus this December, co-hosted by the Government of Brazil, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Global Energy Alliance. The event will bring together government leaders, utilities, and development partners to share results from recent isolated-energy system auctions and explore new hybrid projects that integrate solar and battery storage solutions for remote communities across the Amazon.

About the partnership

The agreement outlines cooperation in financing, technical assistance, and knowledge exchange to scale renewable energy access and productive-use projects in the Amazon region, building on Brazil’s national programs and the Global Energy Alliance’s mission to deliver clean, affordable, people-centered power. As a systems-change partner, the Alliance connects government, private sector, and community actors to design integrated solutions—combining policy support, capacity building, innovation, and catalytic finance—to ensure clean energy drives inclusive growth and lasting development impact.

About the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet works for a world where everyone has access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity and the means to use it to improve their lives. Our Alliance builds transformative public, private, philanthropic partnerships to end energy poverty and accelerate green economic opportunity. Founded in 2021 by The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation, and Bezos Earth Fund, we unlock finance, strengthen institutions and transform markets, delivering progress anchored in deep community engagement. By uniting actors across the value chain, from households to heads of state, we go beyond individual projects to drive lasting systems change. With work in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, our Alliance aims to reach 1 billion people with clean electricity, prevent 4 billion tons of carbon emissions and create or improve 150 million jobs.

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