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Brazil 2035: Cleaner, digital, and connected.

A more technological and sustainable future is possible

Cities with clean, quiet transportation. Smart ports powered by green energy. Food produced with less waste and more technology. Digital distribution and monitoring of water supply and sanitation systems.

This is the potential portrait of Brazil that Siemens sees—and helps to build—in the study Pictures of Transformation: A Portrait of Brazil in 2035, prepared with the support of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI).

The document gathers data, analyses, and suggests possible paths that the country needs to take to become a sustainable and digital powerhouse.

Siemens’ vision for Brazil in 2035 is a commitment to both technology and humanity, in order to transform the country’s natural and human potential into a global benchmark for sustainable development.

Luis Mosquera

Vice President, Legal, Government Affairs, and Sustainability at Siemens Brazil

“Pictures of Transformation is a future-back exercise that helps us visualize the Brazil we want in the next ten years and identify what it takes to get there. This strategic approach allows us to reimagine the country's future and explore paths to sustainable and integrated development, focusing on the megatrends that will influence industry, infrastructure, and energy transition.”

The new frontier of innovation lies not only in creating smarter machines, but also in making them serve a greater purpose. And decarbonization, circularity, education, and purposeful technology are at the heart of this transformation.

Decarbonization: a Brazil that breathes and moves with clean energy

Brazil is one of the countries with the greatest potential to lead the global green economy.

With a territory spanning 8.5 million square kilometers, 210 million inhabitants, and with 45% of its energy matrix composed of renewable sources—compared to a global average of 15%—, the country has what the world needs most: natural resources, diversity, and creativity.

With all this potential in hand, there are opportunities to revolutionize several industries and transform Brazil in 2035.

Urban mobility

One of the highlights of this transformation is the mobility industry. The report shows that transportation in Brazilian cities could be mostly electric and connected by 2035, with hybrid fleets, corridors for biomethane- and B100 biodiesel-powered buses—which emit up to 95% less greenhouse gases—, and smart systems integrating different modes.

In this scenario, the progress in digitalization will make traffic no longer reactive but predictive, with autonomous vehicles, connected traffic lights, and routes adjusted in real time. Cities, once slow and polluting, can become living and efficient organisms, reducing costs and improving the quality of life.

As the report underscores, low-carbon mobility is not just about changing fuel types. It's about changing the way people and cities relate to energy.

Digitalization of the electricity industry

Transformation is also seen in the electricity infrastructure. Digitalization, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Digital Twins, can transform the energy industry by maximizing energy efficiency and enabling new business models.

In order to achieve this, sensors will be distributed in buildings and in urban infrastructure to monitor energy consumption in real time. An analysis of the gathered data will allow resources to be optimized, reducing waste and promoting a more sustainable environment.

A practical example of this transformation is the partnership Siemens started with CPFL Energia in 2024 to install 1.6 million smart meters in São Paulo by 2029.

The network uses the Gridscale X Meter Data Management platform, which processes millions of consumption data points in real time and creates true energy intelligence.

electrical losses decrease
failures are detected automatically
consumers digitally track consumption and can adjust habits to save power
the network becomes more resilient and less polluting

William Pereira

Vice President, Siemens Smart Infrastructure

“Smart infrastructure focuses on people’s safety and comfort. Digitalization and technology are essential to scaling the impact on resilience, availability, and sustainability.”

Clean energy with storage

To meet the energy needs of all this smart infrastructure in Brazil in 2035, using clean energy will be essential to contribute to the decarbonization process.

However, as wind and solar power are intermittent, since they depend on the sun and wind to function, storing excess energy from these sources will be critical, because stored energy can be used in times of high demand or low generation, such as at night or in periods without wind.

This ability to balance supply and consumption turns storage into a key element of the energy transition. This is what allows a reliable integration of solar and wind energy, reducing costs, waste, and the need for matrices that use fossil sources, such as thermoelectric plants.

The energy storage market in Brazil is expected to grow 12.8% per year by 2040, reaching 18.5 gigawatts of installed capacity.

To complement the clean energy generation required in 2035, it will be essential to use bioelectricity sources such as green hydrogen, further reducing fossil fuel dependence. This gas is a 100% clean and renewable fuel, which does not generate pollutants neither in its production nor in its use. It is obtained by the electrolysis of water, a process that uses exclusively solar and wind energy. When consumed, it becomes water again, without releasing harmful substances to the environment.

To support this energy transition, Siemens Brazil announced an agreement with Arcadis and CELA for the development of new businesses with green hydrogen and energy transition in the country. The proposal is to accelerate the development of projects and partnerships in the industry, preparing strategic studies and providing technological solutions in Brazil.

The areas covered by the agreement include application engineering for electrical integration, plant automation and digitalization, electrical studies on grid connection and plant operation, as well as supply of equipment, services, and solutions for energy distribution, automation, and digitalization.

In practice, the three companies are betting on the power of renewable hydrogen as a strategic axis for decarbonizing productive sectors, mainly to reduce emissions in industries in which decarbonization is difficult, such as nitrogen fertilizers, mining, metallurgy, methanol production, steel production, transportation of heavy vehicles by air, sea, and land, among others.

Fabio Koga

Director of Electrification and Automation at Siemens Brazil

“It is in this scenario that Siemens Brazil positions itself as an enabler of energy transformation, offering solutions in electrification, automation, digitalization, and energy management. Our technologies help reduce losses, optimize processes, and ensure traceability—essential elements to meet environmental certification requirements and attract international capital.”

Smart Infrastructure: Transportation and Logistics

Today, Brazil is still facing logistics bottlenecks, overburdened ports, and urban transportation that breathes traffic and pollution. The dependence on roads and combustion vehicles raises costs and emissions, and the slow connections between modes compromise competitiveness.

But a shift has already begun. For the next decade, Siemens sees a complete redesign of domestic transportation and logistics. And the transformation can come on several fronts:

Modernized rail network

After 15 years of concessions, rail transportation can account for 26% of domestic cargo, becoming the backbone of the country’s logistics.

Clean trucks and fleets

B100 biodiesel-powered heavy vehicles can reduce emissions by 95%, while electric fleets make short deliveries with artificial intelligence-optimized routes.

Decentralized energy

Digital infrastructure and distributed generation powering routes, cargo centers, and public transportation.

Internet of Things and Big Data

They function as the invisible brain of logistics, anticipating bottlenecks, organizing supply chains, and reducing operating costs.

In 2035, digitalization, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Digital Twins, will be able to connect all links in the transportation chain and transform the use of two or more different modes of transportation (such as trucks, ships, trains, or planes) into a fluid corridor, facilitating the flow of industrial production and access to global markets

Smart ports: The new face of foreign trade

There is no way to talk about logistics without mentioning ports, and this transformation will also need to apply to them.

Today, 90% of Brazilian foreign trade still goes through the sea, accounting for R$ 293 billion per year. A vital industry but marked by queues and technological lag. This reality can change with the digitalization and automation of ports, which become more sustainable and efficient.

There are plans to invest R$ 54.8 billion in 137 port modernization projects.

Cloud monitoring with artificial intelligence and digital twins should make operations faster and safer.

Self-generation of renewable energy helping in the decarbonization process and bringing more efficiency.

Customs digitalization reduces waiting times, and automated systems extend productivity and security.

Complexes such as Pecém, Suape, and Açu adding more than US$ 22 billion in investments in green hydrogen.

Brazilian ports are no longer bottlenecks and become strategic nodes in a network. Brazil leaves behind its dependence on fossil fuels and relies on clean, integrated energy, transforming its logistics map into a kind of living, adaptable organism that drives its economy with purpose.

São Paulo 2035

The city that thinks, breathes, and adapts in real time

For Siemens, future São Paulo has everything to be a living organism. Its streets, buildings, and infrastructures can talk to each other, guided by data, sensors, and clean energy. A city where technology is not the end, but the means. An invisible force that makes everyday life more sustainable, safe, and human.

Smart energy

The city can operate in the Energy as a Service (EaaS) model, which allows clean energy to be purchased on demand, ensuring efficiency, stability, and low carbon emissions.

Smart grids: Digital power grids that automatically adjust supply according to city consumption.

Smart storage: Batteries storing excess energy and redistributing it at peak times.

Energy as a Service: A model in which consumers pay only for the energy they use, as a continuous service.
Smart buildings

Smart buildings will be able to understand the behavior of their occupants and adjust themselves: opening windows, regulating temperature and light according to the weather or the presence of people.

Autonomous buildings: Sensors playing an essential role to collect data on occupancy, temperature, relative humidity, indoor air quality, energy consumption, among others.

Performance: Access to real-time information can contribute to decision-making and cost reduction, transforming buildings into high-performance assets.

Automation: Buildings can benefit from solutions such as air quality, lighting, and temperature control systems aimed at user comfort.

Protection: In Brazil, Siemens offers building automation and fire protection solutions for both new projects and for modernizing old buildings.
Autonomous and sustainable mobility

Traffic can be managed by algorithms to anticipate movements and organize routes before congestion occurs.

Autonomous vehicles: Self-driving cars and buses communicating to prevent accidents.

Predictive traffic: Digital systems analyzing city movements and synchronizing traffic lights in real time.

Wireless charging: Streets and parking spaces transmitting energy by induction to electric cars.
Infrastructures that adjust automatically

Water and sanitation systems can become digital. Hydraulic models and sensors can detect failures before they happen and automatically adjust the operation of pumps and reservoirs.

Station automation: Pumps and valves operating autonomously, according to demand.

Leak sensors: Can identify water loss in the pipes and warn about damage before it happens.

Flood forecasting: Algorithms capable of cross-analyzing rain, drainage, and terrain data to prevent flooding.

Quality monitoring: Sensors measuring water purity and safety continuously.

Digital twins: Virtual copies of the water system that allow you to simulate problems and test solutions in real time.
Sources: Pictures of Transformation: A portrait of Brazil in 2035, How Digital Twins Positively Impact Your Business, Siemens Partners with CPFL Energia to Digitize the Electricity Industry in Brazil, Siemens Digital Industries.