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dam collapse in accordance with the signed legal agreement Vale has completed the implementation of the autonomous operating system for three yard machines at the Ilha Guaíba (TIG) terminal in Mangaratiba which allows equipment to operate unmanned has made it possible to remove people from activities that expose them to risks making the work environment more comfortable and inclusive with an increase in the possibility of hiring people with disabilities Vale invested 10 million dollars in implementing the technology at the TIG port it has also been possible to identify gains in operational efficiency TIG's yard machines work like stackers and reclaimers they stack the ore that arrives by rail at the yard and also remove this material from the yard The ore is then transported by conveyor belts until it is loaded onto ships The adoption of technology allowed the recovery rate to increase by 12.3% compared to the previous manual method positively influencing the port's production capacity explains that the mining company invests in technology and innovation strategically to increase the safety and reliability of operations “Our production is increasingly closer to the mining of the future reducing people’s exposure to risk and increasing the agility and productivity of the business Automation plays a vital role in this evolution and we will continue to invest in technology to improve our operations and contribute to making mining increasingly safer and more sustainable,” he points out.   Technology promotes safety and inclusion.  The implementation of the autonomous system at TIG not only made the operation more efficient but also improved the working conditions of operators and promoted a more inclusive and collaborative work environment employees spent most of their shift in the machine cabin they work in an administrative environment more infrastructure and integration with other teams and can even contribute to other processes,” points out the Director of Operations at Portos Sul Thainá Viana has been working in yard machinery operations for around ten years and celebrates the evolution of the system but we also gain a lot from being in a more comfortable environment that allows interaction and coexistence with other people This improves our routine and increases our possibilities for learning and growth,” he assesses.  Around 70 employees from the maintenance and operations teams were trained to work on the new system and no employees were laid off because of the adoption of the technology The implementation of autonomous machines made it possible for employees with disabilities to operate yard machines Media Relations Office - Vale imprensa@vale.com Vale and Petrobras announce a partnership to test fuel with renewable content Vale announces expiration and final results of cash tender offers for notes due 2034 Vale confirms receipt of nomination for candidates for the Fiscal Council Keep updated to Vale's activitys and watch our informative web 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contact with the nearby natural environment despite being in the middle of an urban context of extreme quality in terms of centrality and accessibility each home is designed as a large concrete frame covered in wood that frames the environment inviting users to enjoy the beautiful horizon seeks to introduce the natural environment and the serenity evoked by the surrounding natural landscape Project description by Smart Arquitetura An architecture that was born with the responsibility of intervening sensitively in the Skyline of Porto Alegre Designed to dialogue and pay homage to the waters of the Guaíba River and is next to the Iberê Camargo Foundation Encountering the landscapes of Guaíba is to perceive a poetic and subjective facet of this place where we live It is to receive an invitation to admire the spectacle that is made on the horizon and to look at Porto Alegre in a different way our architecture framing the waters of Guaíba There we decided to start the Porto 1820 project the constant commitment to qualified intervention in the urban landscape the project engages in dialogue with these waters that symbolically unite Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay through the waterway composed of Guaíba A physical and cultural union where a new contemporary architectural code is established as a result of the sensitive and welcoming arrangement of concrete and natural elements such as stone and wood This school of architecture established in the south of South America not only nourished the creation of Porto 1820 but has also been the inspiration for Smart Arquitetura projects An architecture made of silence and symbolism in the integration between the urban and the natural The building is composed of 26 floors with areas ranging from 250 to 455 sqm with incredible views of the river and with direct access to the Orla linear park revealing a virgin natural landscape in the middle of an urban context of extreme quality in terms of centrality and accessibility made externally in concrete and internally in wood arises as a result of a careful arrangement of these frames supported on a monolithic stone base that separates the floor from the cantilevered frames of up to 3 meters developed by Estúdio Obra Prima and Tellini Vontobel sought to establish a sense of privacy and comfort inspired by luxury hotels in addition to the strictly elaborated setting with natural materials the sculpture implanted on the façade "La Tierra" created by the gaucho artist Heloísa Crocco is composed of tiles made with Uruguayan earth in her workshop in Punta del Este and followed the reverse path of the waters by road until reaching Porto Alegre Symbolically uniting the land of Rio Grande do Sul with the Uruguayan land facing the river Smart - Arquitetura para a vida contemporânea Site.- 3,894.37 sqm.Built area.- 10,323.21 sqm Retaining walls.- Brasecol.Foundations and superstructure.- Empreiteira Rodrigues.Concrete.- Supermix; Ultramix.Masonry walls.- G Segatto.Plaster walls and 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protect the city from a “once-in-a-hundred-year event.” According to the estimate dikes and walls twenty feet tall would offer such protection there have been many other storms and floods which I would guess are in the ballpark of one billion dollars were sufficient to prevent significant damage until two weeks ago torrential rains raised the Guaiba waters to a record of eighteen feet The floods upstream and in the Guaiba Lake killed hundreds left more than six hundred thousand homeless and destroyed infrastructure and other capital goods statewide the flood protection system failed miserably; one-third of the city is underwater and the town was left with just one land connection with the rest of the country the distribution of water and electricity has not yet returned to most of the city Why did the flood protection measures fail misaligned incentives within government led to catastrophic failure and tragedy We do not yet know the full extent of the tragedy it seems evident that the tragedy was to be expected there was a sense of urgency about addressing the problem and preventing another such tragedy That contributed to the lobbying power of construction companies the city counselors neglected to adequately fund the upkeep of the dikes civil servants were still officially in charge of that service Then a too-clever-by-half mayor proposed abolishing the department in charge of the system’s upkeep transferring its attributions to the entity that produces and distributes potable water in the city and maintains the sewage It sounded to him like a good idea because that public-owned utility is funded with a fee on water consumption Instead of maintaining the flood protection system through taxes duly voted by the city council they could be funded through a cross-subsidy But everybody was happy until tragedy struck and people started to ask how that happened Porto Alegre has two-thirds of the city area zoned for agriculture or nature preserves which makes it out of bounds for urban development This means low-income people have no alternative but to remain in the floodplain What has just happened in Porto Alegre may serve as a cautionary tale about the many ways collective action may go awry No politician simply decided to build a faulty flood prevention system But the incentives to design and build a sound system in keeping with the criteria defined in the original study both contractors and politicians had strong incentives to cut corners Inspectors were not always aware of technical reasons for some requirements The situation with the maintenance is even more tragic It was entirely predictable that leaving such an important matter to a minor office with other responsibilities to be funded by a hidden charge on the water bills would prove a recipe for a serious breakdown in the system If this is an accurate interpretation of the events what lessons of universal value can we draw from them The mistakes that led to the failure in this case combined with broader reflections on human behavior can point towards better principles for public governance These principles must be informed by much more than the narrow events described above They need to consider reflections on proper human behavior One interesting way of approaching the problem is by considering how one might go about rebuilding Porto Alegre we need to consider which would be more economical: rebuilding in the same places where the damaged buildings once stood or rebuilding elsewhere and leaving the low areas for temporary uses such as parks Here we encounter a truly problematic epistemological question I doubt anyone can know how to calculate this if we do not put a “price” on building on a floodplain An obvious one is to require anyone with a house or a warehouse built on a floodplain to buy flood insurance in the private market That seems a good way to put a “price” on such a decision Any American living in a floodplain knows this despite the distortions created when flood insurance in the US was nationalized let us consider which principles should inform the ways to fund whatever protection against floods should exist Here another problem becomes evident: the flood protection system was treated as a public good This largely explains the misaligned incentives discussed above If the local government farmed out the service to private companies who were compensated by a fee charged to the residents and businesses of the protected areas it is far more likely that building and maintenance would be done properly This is so precisely because flood protection is not a true public good; that is its benefit is not diffused; it can be measured That is the lesson of universal application The less efficient the protection those companies provide the more expensive the premiums to pay for the flood insurance the residents and businesses of the protected areas will be financially incentivized to demand that local government collaborate with efficient companies to provide those services The design of these arrangements I have in mind is similar to the ones used for trash collection with the difference that the residents and businesses do not pay a monetary penalty for failing to demand efficient trash collection as they would under the proposed system in the form of the flood insurance premiums I have no idea if people under these conditions would move to areas with higher elevations they would weigh the cost of remaining in their previous locations against the cost of developed land in higher elevations which varies significantly from place to place has two-thirds of the city area zoned for agriculture or nature preserves This often means that low-income people have no alternative but to remain in the floodplain Revising the zoning laws could open other options for them That points to yet another problem of collective action As the researchers of the ILD in Peru concluded many years ago the cost of operating in the “formal” sector determines the size of the “informal” sector That is a simple application of the logic of thinking at the margin The same sorts of calculations affect people’s decision whether to live in a floodplain near the existing jobs and urban infrastructure If there are “artificial” (legal) barriers to developing certain lands for urban use people may make choices that would otherwise be imprudent or just inefficient All of this changes if people pay the real costs of private goods that instead of paying for flood protection with taxes collected from people not directly affected by the flooding they could have charged the beneficiaries of such infrastructure more directly This would not only solve the problem of economic allocation but would do so in the fairest mode possible.  Some may complain that I lack compassion with the unfortunate flood victims but this is not the place to argue about that Here is yet another lesson that should inform our views of collective action: solutions that are needed in emergencies should not rule society in normal times Rebuilding from tragedies like the one that just happened in my hometown will require a decision to internalize the price of people’s decisions about where to live and work This will create incentives for proper investments in flood prevention the solution lies in expanding people’s freedom and expecting them to pay the real costs for what they want.  Our newsletters highlight and offer a deeper view of the best that is being thought and said in law Calls for stricter regulation on home rental companies like Airbnb are about protecting the hotel industry The representational theory of capital offers a more nuanced understanding of what capital is Are zoning laws the latest manifestation of Tocqueville's fear of administrative despotism Law & Liberty is an online magazine published by Liberty Fund and committed to a society of free and responsible persons living under the rule of law and forum debates that elevate discourse 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A little girl was found dead inside the trash near her home in Brazil - after the local child protection services received 20 phone calls from a concerned neighbor about her wellbeing.  Kerollyn Ferreira, nine, had a history of being allegedly being abused by her mother, Carla Souza, who was arrested Saturday, a day after the tragic discovery in Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul. Souza was placed in pretrial detention for 30 days after a judge signed off on the Public Prosecutor's office request. They said there is sufficient proof that will demonstrate that Souza had made prior comments about murdering Ferreira. Fernanda Cardoso told Brazilian news outlet G1 that she sent the Guaíba Child Protection Council a picture of the child on multiple occasions, but that nothing was done to save Ferreira from her mother's wrath. 'I called more than 20 times, I asked to please resolve it,' Cardoso said. 'I sent a photo of the child, I sent everything.' 'The child in the rain, begging. She was always at my door begging. She asked for water, for a hug, for a kiss.' Cardoso last spoke to an agency worker a week before Ferreira was killed and was informed that someone was looking into the allegations. Ferreira's body was spotted inside the large plastic container Friday, but it didn't show signs of violence, according to court documents reviewed by the outlet. A police report indicated that Souza subjected Ferreira to physical and mental abuse. 'Regarding the request for temporary arrest, I believe that the order is appropriate and sufficient for the continuation of investigations and determination of the authorship of the crime of homicide, currently under investigation,' judge João Leal Jr. wrote as part of his ruling. A cop assigned to Rio Grande do Sul State Military Police visited the girl's residence, where Souza acknowledged she was Ferreira's mother and claimed she didn't sleep at the home on Thursday. Souza didn't not show any signs of being worried when she was informed her daughter had been found dead and then became upset when the cops signaled her as a potential suspect. Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police chief Fernando Sodré said that Ferreira 'lived free, abandoned, even sleeping in an abandoned car, often, which was close to the house and school.' Ferreira's father, Matheus Ferreira, told G1 that she lived with him for the first couple of months of her life and then until she was seven years old before she returned to live with Souza. He said he was not aware of his daughter's mistreatment and asked Souza to allow Ferreira to live with him if she believed she couldn't care after her. 'The girl slept on the street, the girl ate food from the trash, the neighbors told me,' Matheus Ferreira said. 'It was a situation that I didn't know about, I wasn't aware of what was happening.' 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Where 'soft-touch' Britain's asylum seekers are REALLY coming from No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yetLeave a comment so your voice will be heard first. {{message}} Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is being inundated by its worst flooding in 80 years killing 100 people and rendering thousands homeless Rains are expected to persist over the weekend state authorities said 372 people had been injured and 128 were unaccounted for More than 1.45 million people were affected by the floods which have spread to 417 of the state’s 497 cities with dozens of people still waiting to be evacuated by boat or helicopter from stricken homes Small boats crisscrossed the flooded regions searching for survivors People are rescued by residents after the floods in Canoas A drone view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium Rains and flooding started in the northern part of Brazil before water came rushing through a network of lakes and rivers The lake in Porto Alegre hit 5.30 meters high Brazil's national center for natural disasters warned that the southern area of Rio Grande do Sul state was under "high risk" of more flooding with rainfall expected to restart after a brief hiatus Weather forecaster MetSul said in a statement the region could face more "very large" floods "of serious proportions" Sentinel Hub; Rio Grande do Sul government Lloyd's List Intelligence data shows one vessel has called at the port You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Heavy rains recently triggered floods in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state when Lake Guaíba and the Taquari River and Uruguay River overflowed reaching more than 5.30 meters and affecting more than 1.95 million people The authorities still have yet to assess the losses from submerged or affected PV plants From pv magazine Brazil Brazil's MetSul meteorology institute issued warnings on April 21 about “successive episodes of rain in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with high volumes in some areas.” On April 27 and Porto Alegre experienced the first floods This surpassed the previous record set in 1941 435 municipalities – almost 90% of the state of Rio Grande do Sul – had been affected by floods The disaster in Rio Grande do Sul has become one of the 10 environmental tragedies with the highest number of deaths in the country said that 326,000 customers are without power in the state making it impossible to calculate the losses from submerged or affected PV plants the Nova Santa Rita substation remains offline putting 16 important transmission lines out of operation This has weakened the connection between transmission systems and leaves the remaining systems overloaded and more susceptible to new contingencies Researchers from ClimaMeter released a “rapid attribution study” last week and concluded that human action – particularly the emission of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels and deforestation – have intensified rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul The study found that rainfall has become 15% more intense due to climate change a ClimaMeter attribution study also showed that current heat waves are 1 C warmer than in the past “The ClimaMeter findings highlight that flooding in the Rio Grande do Sul state was intensified by the burning of fossil fuels a researcher at the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute of Climate Sciences Faranda said that these floods disproportionately affect vulnerable communities which bear a small share of responsibility for climate change He noted the need to mitigate risks by immediately reducing fossil fuel emissions seen as an alternative to emission-intensive energy sources and groups of volunteers across the country are mobilizing in support of the victims alongside initiatives by public authorities at all levels and financial resources are being made to assist the people of Rio Grande do Sul The solar sector has also been promoting measure to mitigate the impacts caused by floods pv magazine interviewed several companies that are deploying solar energy systems in the state a company specializing in solar system installation coordinator of the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (Absolar) in Rio Grande do Sul and the CEO of Solled Energia also organized a fundraiser to help flood victims in the first few days we managed to raise financial resources to purchase items such as water cleaning materials and basic hygiene,” said Schwengber we managed to get more people to participate and we are already organizing the donation of 100 double mattresses to local companies which somehow need to resume their activities in addition to a large batch of blankets that are coming from São Paulo and will be destined to the victims.” Schwengber said that Absolar is still unable to assess the damages to PV systems in the state because the victims are a priority and because the water needs to recede to access these locations “Lives are the priorities right now and we need to do everything we can to minimize suffering,” she added Rio Grande do Sul ranks among the top three Brazilian states with the highest installed capacity of solar energy for self-generation on rooftops and small plots of land The state's territory alone accounts for 9.6% of the country's installed PV power with more than 302,000 operational connections spanning 497 municipalities Absolar has urged consumers to exercise caution with electrical equipment to prevent accidents has digitally simulated the affected areas and has cross-referenced them with its installed PV systems it is not currently possible to collectively assess the impacts on PV systems in the state Yes Energia' project coordinator and database administrator said that he began developing a flood impact map based on preliminary mapping data from the Hydraulic Research Institute (IPH) we applied the layer containing the exact locations of the systems installed by Yes Energia This way we identify those affected by location and the technology installed With customers filtered by manufacturer and technology we began the process of checking alerts via our own system called Yes Assist and the manufacturer's dedicated monitoring platform,” said Pandolfo About 400 customers of Yes Energia installations in the state are in flooded areas “We saw the damage happen inside the house,” says the co-founder of Yes Energia “Those affected by the flood are our friends our commercial and administrative teams began to work remotely while the technical teams were mainly focused on emergencies which consists of three key steps: assessment and information collection; contacting commercial partners; and recovery of facilities and infrastructure.” one of the company's clients in Bairro São João was hit by floods at a height of 2.5 meters All operations at the airport have been suspended said that operations will remain suspended until the end of this month all inverters activate a technology called ‘anti-islanding,' which stops energy production during power grid outages preventing solar energy from being injected into the damaged electricity grid” said the manager of engineering at Yes Energia “Our customer base is mainly made up of conventional string systems and SolarEdge systems.” there is a big difference in terms of the security of these two models “The modules will be energized as long as the sun is shining even if the system is not producing energy,” said Spohr the circuits coming from the roof will have high electrical voltage there are optimizers connected to the modules which have a feature called Rapid Shutdown a quick shutdown mechanism that reduces voltage levels to almost zero reducing the potential risk to the flooded area.” Even with inverters equipped with the technology Spohr said that most customers do not have insurance for solar energy systems “We are in continuous contact with the manufacturers so that they can mobilize to evaluate the damaged equipment we will collect this entire equipment base and send it to a company specialized in electronics to try to recover the inverters,” he said we know that we will lose future guarantees.” Due to the high water levels in some cities Even projects with insurance coverage may not fully recover the value of damaged equipment a Curitiba-based company specializing in solar insurance Understanding the coverage offered by solar insurance before purchasing is crucial Elétron's policies have covered eight accident notifications from regions where water has receded the inverters ares the most affected components are also damaged from materials washed away by floodwaters it is possible to see that these first homes that had their systems affected are simple homes and sometimes the house itself was taken away by the floods,” said Filho said that many of the 1,500 systems installed in the state – mainly in the Vale do Taquari region This underscores the importance of installing safer equipment To help with this recovery initiative in Rio Grande do Sul, donations can be made at https://www.paraquemdoar.com.br/ More articles from Alessandra Neris Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or 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View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Unprecedented floods have engulfed major Rio Grande do Sul cities where 135,000 people have been pushed from their homes Streets are flooded after heavy rain in Sao Sebastiao do Cai said the flooding of the Guaíba River—a major body of water in the state of Rio Grande do Sul — is unlike anything he’s seen before “Rio Grande do Sul has never had a flood like this A video shared online on Saturday night showed a human chain of dozens of people stretching into the flood waters in Canoas, Brazil, to help pull in a boat full of people plucked from rooftops. That scene was repeated again and again over the weekend. Right now, water levels in the Guaíba River are a foot and a half higher than they were during the 1941 flood. Thousands of people have lost their homes. Porto Alegre’s airport, Salgado Filho, is underwater and flights are expected to be canceled through the end of the month Emergency messages and sirens blared from loudspeakers in many neighborhoods in recent days as residents were ordered to flee as rising flood waters breached dikes and poured into neighborhoods Since the beginning of the flooding disaster, 20,000 people have been rescued in Rio Grande do Sul — with many being rescued by local residents who have been using their own boats and jet skis Fabiano Saldanha is one of those residents helping. He was interviewed by a Brazilian media outlet over the weekend They don’t have anything left,” Saldanha told press Other residents can be found cutting cabbage at a makeshift community soup kitchen in the working-class neighborhood of Cruzeiro, organized by the state chapter of Levante Popular da Juventude which means Youth Uprising social movement the group cooks to deliver food for neighbors in need they’re making hundreds of meals to deliver to those hit hardest by the floods — one of dozens of initiatives like this across the region “The key word right now is solidarity,” said Lucas Gertz Monteiro “This has motivated the people here over the last few days.” About 82% of the residents of the municipality of Sao Leopoldo have been forced from their homes due to the floods And almost 20,000 people are in shelters across the region right now Alexandre Zavascki is a doctor attending to people at one of the centers “The main thing I’m treating people for now are things like people have preexisting conditions there is a team for psychiatric care because people are impacted and traumatized with what has happened,” he said Countless videos online show people being rescued off of corrugated metal rooftops Brown floodwaters swallowed the rest of the homes a woman in a striped black and white shirt lays on a roof ma’am,” reassures a rescue worker beside her who is trying to help her get into the helicopter Governor Eduardo Leite told press on Saturday night that they would need absurdly exceptional measures “Rio Grande do Sul is going to need a type of Marshall Plan of reconstruction Something like the reconstruction plan for Europe after World War II.” “Rio Grande do Sul is going to need a type of Marshall Plan of reconstruction,” he said “Something like the reconstruction plan for Europe after World War II.” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flew over the disaster on Sunday. He promised to rebuild roads and help free up necessary funds for the state. He’s also called for a plan to prevent a future disaster like this. Environmentalists say the state’s relaxation of environmental legislation contributed to the tragedy by clearing forest land for agriculture that would have helped absorb excess runoff. They also blame local officials for refusing to implement public policies that would have prepared the region for the disaster.  “Here in Porto Alegre, there were floodgates stuck because of a lack of maintenance. Pump houses, too. A few of them weren’t working. One or two bursts,” said biologist Paulo Brack, a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. “So, yes, there was a huge lack of preparation on the part of Porto Alegre’s City Hall. And unfortunately, there was no preparation for this event by the Porto Alegre municipal government or the Rio Grande do Sul state government.” Experts say the water levels in Porto Alegre’s Guaíba River could remain above flood levels for the next 10 days 70% of residents in the region lack potable water Gustavo Türck, a local journalist with the community media outlet Coletivo Catarse said his family has electricity and running water for now “It’s only a matter of time before the water runs out We’ve never lived through anything like this and it’s going to be a long time before the city rebounds from this tragedy.” Brazilians everywhere are doing what they can to help Dozens of people chipped in at one community effort last night in Florianópolis shoes and water into a truck already headed south this is all people can do: Help and pray for clear skies delivered to your inbox every weekday morning Thanks to our sponsor PRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402 have caused intensified storms from Indonesia and Kenya to the United Arab Emirates “Extreme El Niño and La Niña events may increase in frequency from about one every 20 years to one every 10 years by the end of the 21st century under aggressive greenhouse gas emission scenarios,” writes Michael McPhaden Senior Scientist with NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle “The strongest events may also become even stronger than they are today.” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also blamed the floods on climate change arguing that the disaster will require significant reconstruction efforts in the state. Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite who earlier referred to the flood as the state's "worst disaster" ever compared the upcoming investment to the Marshall Plan America's famous reconstruction program for Europe after World War II Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has been hit with heavy rainfall causing the Guaíba River to overflow and flooding the capital city of Porto Alegre Dozens of people have died as a result and search and rescue efforts continue to look for the missing Former president Jimmy Carter passed away Sunday 2024 marked the 1,000th day of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict Here are some scenes around America on Election Day Text description provided by the architects. The Guaíba Orla Urban Park is an important gesture of the City Hall of Porto Alegre, giving back to the city and its citizens the use and appreciation of one of its most precious natural assets: the Guaíba River. It is a 56.7ha intervention along 1.5km from the shore of Lake Guaíba in Porto Alegre, the largest metropolis in southern Brazil. Serious problems related to safety, abandonment and degradation have made the area, originally part of the flood control system, a problem for the city. With the establishment of the park, a meeting point is created qualified for its 1.5 million inhabitants; 4.2 million on a metropolitan scale. Adjacent to the central area of ​​Porto Alegre, the park is very well connected to the urban network, being easily accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, subway, buses and cars in general. The scenic dimension of the estuary will be enhanced by the installation of bleachers that run throughout the park, offering the best seats to enjoy the "most beautiful sunset in the world". An important element of the solution is light. During the day, the light of the sun and its reflections in the Guaíba guide the spectacle; after dark, it is the turn of architecture with its lighting design to create on the boardwalk the semblance of a starry sky. From the recovery of the natural environment and the creation of a new address, the park becomes the stage for various forms of cultural and artistic expression, both traditional, as the Farroupilha Week, and new. The heritage built in the region - the Gasometer Cultural Center, the Mauá Pier and the Civic Center - will gain new visibility. The steady stream of people in the park will overflow into the city center, increasing the public to these attractions as well as injecting a new mood into the local economy. the park has a great positive impact on the social fabric of the city; when recovering a degraded area increases the sense of belonging of the population and demonstrates the care of the city for its patrimony and its inhabitants in conjunction with a wide range of activities the Guaíba Urban Park shows how the symbiosis between the built and natural environments is possible creating a vibrant and sustainable place in Porto Alegre You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Today's print edition Home Delivery Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground Two weeks after the onset of torrential rains the Guaiba River running by state capital Porto Alegre is rising again having passed the all-time high.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); the streets of dozens of towns have turned into slow-moving rivers where four rivers converge to form the Guaiba River researchers estimate nearly 3,800 square km were flooded That is more than the urban footprint of the Washington which includes 10 counties in two adjacent states With hundreds of thousands of families fleeing the floods the disaster — which has killed at least 147 people with 127 still missing — could touch off one of Brazil's biggest cases of climate migration in recent history Southern Brazil's location at the confluence of tropical and polar currents has fed periods of increasingly intense drought and rains due to climate change The record devastation in Rio Grande do Sul follows floods in the second half of last year leading many of the 538,000 people now displaced from their homes to consider more extreme adaptations businessperson Cassiano Baldasso had to remove wheelbarrows of mud from his home in Muçum a small town 150 km upriver from Porto Alegre but it will be somewhere far from the river where our lives will not be at risk," Baldasso said as he removed another cart of mud from inside the house Mayor Mateus Trojan said many of Muçum's 5,000 residents will have to relocate His office is planning to rebuild 40% of the town elsewhere Baldasso had already saved his family in September by climbing onto the roof of their two-story house until they were rescued by the fire brigade in the middle of the night Maria Marlene Venancio's house was swept away the rented house she had moved to was flooded 1.5 meters deep "I think the town will become a river one day and it will be difficult for us to live here People with money are all leaving," she said Eduardo Leite has said initial calculations show Rio Grande do Sul will need at least 19 billion reais ($3.7 billion) to rebuild from the disaster The federal government has offered to freeze 11 billion reais of debt payments for three years On the streets of Muçum and other nearby towns the slowly receding waters leave desolate scenes of furniture clothing and appliances piled up in front of the houses Maria Ines Silverio has returned to her house but she keeps her clothes in plastic bags for fear of the river rising again She has a 30-year mortgage and says she cannot afford to leave and the river is going to rise more and more," she said Environmental experts warn that there is no alternative for some towns in the state but to relocate entire neighborhoods "We need to move urban infrastructure away from high-risk environments and return space to the rivers .. so they no longer impact cities with such magnitude," said ecologist Marcelo Dutra professor at the Rio Grande Federal University We have to wake up to this force that is telling us we need to adapt and respect nature," he said In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division At the Guaíba Island Terminal (TIG) in the state of Rio de Janeiro Vale has completed the installation of one of the country's largest battery energy storage systems for supplying electricity demand In operation since the second half of last year BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) has reduced electricity demand at peak times by 55% By supplementing the supply from the concessionaire's electricity grid at this time the implementation allowed for a 40% reduction in spending with the local energy distributor that serves TIG Composed of lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Tesla and using software engineering from the company Micropower for consumption management the equipment is charged whenever TIG's electrical demand is low thus supplementing the supply from the utility at times when demand tariffs are higher "The pioneering system applied at TIG is now the largest in Brazil for an end consumer and lays the foundations for increasing the use of this technology within the company to meet a variety of needs By reducing the use of the electricity grid precisely at the time when the entire country's consumption is highest we are helping to avoid the activation of thermoelectric plants based on fossil fuels which tend to increase their participation at this time to reinforce the national interconnected system," says Ludmila Nascimento Vale's Energy and Decarbonization director Developed in partnership with Siemens and Micropower the technology is in line with Vale's decarbonization strategy The batteries are produced using lithium-ion technology and have a storage capacity of 10 megawatt-hours enough to supply 45,000 homes for one hour they can supply half of all the ore terminal's equipment at the same time for two hours a day "We are very happy to contribute to a robust storage system in an operation as large as the one Vale has Being able to save 40% of the value of a monthly demand bill is a significant amount and this shows the high capacity of our system," says Sergio Jacobsen Vale announced an investment of US$ 4 to 6 billion to reduce its absolute direct and indirect emissions by 33% by 2030 based on the assumptions of the Paris Agreement in addition to its intention to zero its net emissions by 2050 About Vale Vale is a global mining company that exists to improve lives and transform the future together One of the world's largest producers of iron ore and nickel and an important copper producer Vale is headquartered in Brazil and operates globally Its operations comprise integrated logistics systems including approximately 2,000 kilometers of railroads maritime terminals and 10 ports around the world Vale's ambitions are to be recognized by society as a benchmark in safety and a reference in value creation and sharing About Micropower Energy Micropower Energy is a joint venture created in 2017 with the participation of Siemens the company was responsible for installing one of the largest batteries in Brazil the company participated in the installation of one of the largest isolated photovoltaic microgrids in the country also supplying the battery responsible for storing the energy produced in the community of Xique-Xique (BA) Micropower Energy's batteries reduce energy costs during peak times and serve as a backup in the event of an interruption in the energy supply bringing more security to companies and locations that need uninterrupted electricity Above image is used for information purposes only / Credit: Vale Vale claimed that it has all the necessary licenses for the regular operation of the terminal issued by the competent authorities and it will take all appropriate measures to ensure the re-establishment of its activities at TIG [smlsubform prepend=”GET THE SAFETY4SEA IN YOUR INBOX!” showname=false emailtxt=”” emailholder=”Enter your email address” showsubmit=true submittxt=”Submit” jsthanks=false thankyou=”Thank you for subscribing to our mailing list”] This is not the first mishap for Vale. Earlier in February, Brazil closed a port terminal operated by Vale SA in Vitoria in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo Specifically, Vitoria fined the company 35 million reais ($9.5 million) for throwing mining residues in the sea Vale had informed that Vitória determined the interdiction of a part of the waste water treatment of Tubarão port the port services of coal and the pelletizing plants 1 In addition, a fire had broken out on February 15 in one of the transfer houses of the belt conveyor system at Vale’s distribution centre in Malaysia but there was a reduced impact on shipments the fire caused material damage only and operations continued in about 10 to 15 days Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "aab72bb1fd7972965a58898993bae5c2" );document.getElementById("c08a1a06c7").setAttribute( "id" Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times O endereço abaixo não existe na globo.com The Guaiba Waterfront Urban Park is a 1.5 kilometre intervention in the city of Porto Alegre the largest metropolis in southern Brazil with a population of 4.3 million Designed by Jaime Lerner Arquitetos Associados the park connects Guaiba waterfront with the surrounding urban fabric The Park is a local government initiative and it importantly reunites the city and the population with what can be considered its most precious landscape The project brings to life an infill area that was created to be part of the flood control system of Porto Alegre the riparian environment was adversely affected the absence of engaging activities at the site and its limited accessibility added to its atmosphere of abandonment the Waterfront Park was conceived to address this set of issues namely the recuperation of the natural environment; the enlargement of the public spaces network; the valorisation of the landscape; and the strengthening of the ties between the core of the metropolis and its population The project sought to reintroduce the native species of this environment The native remaining vegetation was left undisturbed and the architectural features accommodated themselves around it including a promenade for the observation of aquatic plants As a regeneration project and adjacent to the downtown area it also provides necessary elements to re-energize the city centre through the increased tourism appeal of the area including a deck for water transport vessels and regional excursions; a 24-hours restaurant; and a plethora of small cafes bridging several elements of the built and natural environment that exist in the surrounding area allowing people to gather and enjoy this new shared space in Porto Alegre All the additional necessary infrastructure to address the visitor’s needs are present in the park The architectural qualities of the project are connected to the natural way by which it inserts itself in the landscape taking advantage of the area’s topography to accommodate the necessary infrastructures and to create belvederes to contemplate the surrounding scenery The materials used by Jaime Lerner Arquitetos Associados are concrete The curved shapes relate to the movement of the waters They take advantage of the plasticity of the concrete to generate only essential forms The stairways that run along the project provide the perfect seating area for the glorious sunset of the Guaiba Bay Area by recuperating a degraded space in Porto Alegre the waterfront park increases the sense of belonging for the people of the city and demonstrates the care of the city for its heritage and its people Porto Alegre how the “marriage” of manmade interventions and nature can have a positive impact on both It is the physical and symbolic re-encounter of Porto Alegre and its waters creating a vibrant and sustainable address The tragedy that affected 446 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul was partly caused by the actions of people who built houses in flood areas and failed to properly maintain containment dykes and flood barriers Such is the assessment of Professor Roberto Reis from the postgraduate program in Ecology and Evolution of Biodiversity at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) were built in the 1970s and were never properly looked after But the state and city administrators are to blame for the tragedy,” he remarked Professor Reis pointed out that state capital Porto Alegre is a floodplain area characterized by the confluence of rivers on the shores of Guaíba lake We simply shouldn’t have built in an area that floods periodically.” Floods occur in Porto Alegre every two or three years “It’s never been so high.” The level of the water in the lake cannot be stopped from rising prevent flooding by operating the containment dykes and everything else properly.” Maintaining or rebuilding the dykes and dams on the state’s rivers is the way out to prevent further tragedies Rio Grande do Sul had to deal with a large-scale flood “That’s when we saw that the floodgates and some of the dykes weren’t working We should have sorted it all out in September the state experienced its heaviest flood in history which he attributes partly to climate change caused by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the Hydraulic Research Institute (IPH) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) the main cause of the flooding in Guaíba lake is the record-breaking rainfall observed in its basin since late April and early May—800 millimeters in some locations The expert told Agência Brasil that rivers flooded quickly in the mountains as steep valleys carry large amounts of water at a high speed rivers have risen 20 meters in less than a day yet again.” The region was assailed by massive floods in September 2023 this water spreads over the floodplains and flows at a slower rate “That’s why the water from all those rains takes a few days to reach lake Guaíba down in the city.” Since May 5 Because these bodies of water have a large surface area it can dam up this water and raise it by around 20 centimeters This also helps a little with the flooding of lake Guaíba even though the main factor is the large rainfall.” Another key aspect of the phenomenon is its duration The long time it takes for the lake to resume its lower levels stems from difficult flow in these lowland rivers “The water is virtually stagnant in those floodplains.” which already act as a natural reservoir that attenuates the floods perhaps the water level would have risen much more in Porto Alegre because Porto Alegre’s metropolitan region is located in a very low-lying area affecting cities such as Eldorado and Canoas “The flooding reaches significant levels—one or two meters deep in some places—but the water doesn’t flow as quickly wrecking homes and sweeping things away,” he argued The BESS was developed with Siemens and Micropower Mining giant Vale has unveiled the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in Brazil for an industrial user slashing peak power costs and emissions at its Guaíba Island Terminal (TIG) in Rio de Janeiro... 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