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Belo Monte, which started operating in 2016, has the fourth-largest capacity in the world.  But the mega dams are running well below capacity as river levels shrink due to a record drought in the Amazon highlighting how climate change is becoming a growing challenge to Brazil's green ambition if it gets too dry it stops working," said a guide who took tourists around the Santo Antônio dam earlier this year Santo Antônio had to deactivate 43 out of its 50 turbines early in September as river levels neared a record low due to the drought having had to shut completely for the same reason for two weeks in October 2023.  The three mega dams worked at only a fraction of their full capacity in September exacerbating a trend whereby hydropower companies have consistently failed to meet the "minimum assured energy" output set out in their contracts with the government Santo Antônio only worked at less than 10% of its capacity in the first 20 days of September and Belo Monte at less than 3% of its full potential Santo Antônio and Jirau worked at around double the capacity in the equivalent period of 2021 a year in which Brazil's Amazon grappled with heavy rain Experts say the situation is likely to deteriorate as droughts become more regular in future "Studies indicate that severe drought periods will become more frequent in all regions of Brazil," Norte Energia A 2015 report commissioned by the government predicted that energy potential from natural river flows in Brazil will fall between 7% and 30% by 2030.  Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy declined Context's request for a comment Hydropower accounts for 47% of Brazil's energy capacity,  making it the cornerstone of Lula's ambition to turn the country into a net exporter of green energy or as he put it, the "Saudi Arabia of renewable energy in 10 years" Saudi Arabia is the world's largest crude oil exporter.  Lula's bet on "run-of-river" dams was aimed at securing cheap energy that would have less impact on the environment than traditional dams that create large reservoirs.  But the underperformance of the Amazon's mega dams is not new raising into question the government's green strategy Santo Antônio, Jirau and Belo Monte have not delivered on the "minimum assured energy" output written into contracts between hydropower companies and the federal government in any year since they began producing in the 2010s according to Context analysis of data from the National Electric System Operator The "minimum assured energy" refers to the minimum amount of electricity power plants commit to deliver to the national electricity system based on historical river flow patterns But history has not been very indicative of future river levels as the climate has been changing professor at Universidade de São Paulo's Institute for Energy and the Environment the company that operates Santo Antônio told Context that Santo Antônio's minimum assured energy output of 2.31 Gigawatts was based on historical river levels that "did not reflect the extreme alterations observed over the last years." hydropower companies are being forced to buy electricity from other producers in the spot market If water levels do not rise in the following years "those (Amazon) power plants will go bankrupt," said Mário Daher Jirau has a minimal assured energy output of 2.1 Gigawatts, and Belo Monte's is 4.41 Gigawatts according to data from the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency.  A dam gate from the Santo Antônio dam used to control the level of the Madeira river in Porto Velho Thomson Reuters Foundation/André Cabette Fábio A general view of the Belo Monte Dam in Para Transmission towers from the Santo Antônio hydropower dam in the Madeira river in Porto Velho As electricity output from the Amazon's mega dams has dropped, authorities have turned to polluting and costly fossil fuels.  The government is currently building 15 additional gas-powered plants which non-profit Arayara International Institute says should boost Brazil's natural gas generation capacity by at least 30% thereby increasing the country's carbon emissions.  Meanwhile, an August report co-authored by the non-profit Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEMA) proposes using solar and wind energy to help convert smaller hydropower dams into "pumped storage hydropower dams".  The idea is to use solar and wind energy when it is sunny and windy to help fill water reservoirs that could later be used to generate electricity when the sun goes down and the wind eases Solar and wind electricity has been growing rapidly over the past five years in Brazil and now accounts for 29.4% of the country's energy capacity according to data from Brazil's Energy Research Office.  Jirau and Belo Monte could also be boosted by building more dams along the river as was originally planned researcher at the non-profit Institute for Energy and the Environment But this would be controversial given the opposition to the original dams and their disappointing track record Environmentalists say their construction has contributed to deforestation the loss of biodiversity and dislocation of tens of thousands of Brazilians which opposes Belo Monte and other dams in the Xingu river "You just have a monument in the middle of the river so men can say they were able to build it even though it doesn't produce anything but blood and disaster." reignited talks with Bolivia to build a new mega dam in the Madeira river This would be a win-win for his government as it would help boost output at Jirau and Santo Antônio while the environmental impact is expected to be greater on Bolivia "It seems to be the right moment to make that dam happen" (Reporting by Andre Cabette Fabio; Editing by Jack Graham and Ana Nicolaci da Costa.) 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Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine (8) scores above New Orleans Pelicans forward Karlo Matkovic (17) during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images / Kelley L Cox-Imagn ImagesOver a week after the blockbuster trade went down Kings general manager Monte McNair joined The Carmichael Dave Show with Jason Ross on Sactown Sports 1140 reflecting on the decision to move De'Aaron Fox wanting to stay competitive by getting somebody of Zach [LaVine's] quality Getting a player that keeps us in the thick of the Western Conference plus two unprotected picks and a handful of others.. We'll see how it ultimately ends up working out but we like what we've seen so far." The Kings made it clear they wanted to stay competitive even while trading their star point guard and bringing in a proven offensive star in LaVine to pair with Domantas Sabonis and Malik Monk certainly keeps them in that conversation Follow Sacramento Kings on SI on Facebook and Twitter Subscribe on YouTube for breaking Kings news videos and live-stream podcasts LOGAN STRUCKLogan Struck is the Deputy Editor for Inside the Kings - SI.com's team website following the Sacramento Kings. 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