Connected energy: Amazonia Bank’s role in the clean transition

For decades, the Amazon’s energy potential has been described as a paradox. In this region, which has the largest reserves of natural energy on earth, there were still communities living in darkness.

Schools, health facilities, and entire families coexisted without access to electricity in the same region where Brazil’s largest river, largest biome, and greatest solar power potential are concentrated.

Now, this scenario is starting to change, and Bank of Amazonia is playing a central role in this historic transition.

More than just a financial agency, we act as a link between energy, development and citizenship, leading the transition to a clean, efficient and accessible matrix.

Through specific financing facilities, such as FNO Energia Verde, the agency has promoted micro- and mini-solar power projects, hybrid systems, and sustainable solutions for remote locations, permanently replacing diesel generators and polluting sources.

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Brazil is undergoing a quiet but profound energy transition. According to a study by the consultancy Clean Energy Latin America (CELA), credit for renewable energy increased by 6.5% in 2024, for a total of 6.5%. 32.5 billion reais In financing.

In this movement, Amazon occupies a strategic role, and Amazonia Bank is now the region’s leading green credit operator.

The agency has funded clean energy systems that transform the lives of families, cooperatives, and small entrepreneurs in municipalities not yet reached by traditional electricity grids.

In some locations, these projects represent the first solar energy systems in local history.

In riverside communities and rural settlements, World Bank-financed solar panels not only light homes but also power vaccines, irrigation pumps, production units, and refrigeration systems for small schools.

Clean energy becomes a tool of liberation and a symbol of belonging.

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Contrary to popular belief, promoting renewable energy in the Amazon is not just a technical issue. It requires local understanding, innovation and social sensitivity, and Bank of Amazonia has translated these three elements into systemic policy.

Therefore, in addition to credit, the Bank provides technical oversight, differentiated conditions and support in the execution of projects. This methodology ensures that your investments produce real social, economic and environmental impact.

This strengthens the Bank’s position as a champion of public policy for sustainable development, reduces dependence on fossil fuels and strengthens the new Amazonian economy, which is more integrated with the logic of the biome.

From the forest to COP30

Banco da Amazônia’s work aligns precisely with that axis “Comprehensive energy transition”this is one of the pillars of discussion at COP30, the United Nations climate conference to be held in Belém (Pennsylvania).

The World Bank’s presence at this event strengthens Brazil and the Amazon’s role as global benchmarks in sustainable finance.

By financing solar energy projects, the Bank not only reduces emissions and costs, but also helps redefine the very concept of regional development.

Energy is no longer an economic input, but a bridge of citizenship, connecting people, driving business and lighting the way to a low-carbon economy.

Energy that illuminates the story

From a small school in Tefe (AM) that started night classes after installing solar panels to a women’s cooperative in Santarem (PA) that is now producing food using sustainable refrigeration, each project funded by the Bank of Amazonia represents a quiet collective victory.

These stories show that clean energy is also human energy. Clean energy fuels dreams, warms communities, and regenerates forests.

With over 80 years of experience, Banco da Amazônia knows its field like few other companies. And we understand that the future of our forests depends not only on protecting them, but also on generating, distributing and consuming energy in a fair and wise way.