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Iberdrola: To Invest US$ 2.1 B in Brazil by 2023

Lívia Neves Jan 24, 2020

CEO Ignácio Galán announced the investment plan In a meeting with São Paulo state governor and secretaries

Transmission Reinforcement in the North Region Unlocks 18 GW

Rafael Fernandes Jan 22, 2020

Operator now has greater transmission capacity for the Santo Antônio, Jirau, Belo Monte and Tucuruí hydroelectric plants

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Flooding in ES Paralyze the Renova SHP

Rafael Fernandes Jan 22, 2020

The plant located in the municipality of Alfredo Chaves has a capacity of 21,000 kW

Power

Startup Partnership Improves Engie Management of Hydroelectric Services

Chico Santos Jan 21, 2020

Software developed by RoadLabs promises a 10% reduction in the costs of managing environmental services

Power

Copel Will Allow Privatization to Maintain Foz do Areia

Lívia Neves Jan 10, 2020

The 1,676-MW hydro plant represents 30% of Copel's generation capacity

Power

ONS: New Hydrothermal Dispatch Model

Rafael Fernandes Jan 3, 2020

The template, called DESSEM, updates information every 30 minutes

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Government Seeks To Unlock HPP in São Francisco

Chico Santos Dec 20, 2019

Formosa Hydroelectric Plant, of 306 MW, was included in the PPI and had been begun by the Quebec Engenharia

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Hydro Loses Space in BNDES financing

Chico Santos Dec 17, 2019

Nevertheless, supply still leads disbursements received from the bank in the last decade

Power

Assungui SHP Complex Awaits Approval in January

Chico Santos Nov 19, 2019

52 MW project with five SHPs has estimated investments of US$ 76 million and the idea is to allocate energy to the free market

Power

Norte Energia Denies Belo Monte Errors or Risks

Rafael Fernandes Nov 18, 2019

Eletrobras reported that there are no design errors or uncertainties about the safety of the dam's structure.

Power

Hydroelectric Reservoirs at Greater Levels than 2018

Rafael Fernandes Nov 8, 2019

Despite below-average rainfall until October, storage was not higher only in the South

Power

Eletrobras: Three HPP Concessions Expire by 2024

Chico Santos Nov 6, 2019

Just over 10 GW is at stake, risk could influence privatization

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From the Media

Jan 24, 2020 - Bloomberg

A long-delayed plan to capitalize and privatize Brazil’s Eletrobras will move forward this year, Privatization Secretary Salim Mattar said amid concerns that delays in the sale of the power utility may force the government to freeze part of its budget. Eletrobras will be capitalized in 2020,” Mattar said in an interview at Bloomberg’s São Paulo office. “It’s irresponsible to say that Congress won’t approve the bill that allows the privatization this year.”

Jan 24, 2020 - Business Day

Brazil, which became a net oil exporter in 2019, wants to expand its footprint in global energy markets without joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). The South American nation expects to be among the top-five energy exporters by 2030, and is tapping private investment to boost output, according to energy and mines minister Bento Albuquerque. It is also working on making rules more favourable for investors in upcoming auctions for oil and natural gas licences. “The idea is just to increase our production and to participate more in the international oil and gas market,” he said in an interview in New Delhi. “But this is not a plan for Brazil to join Opec or any other association or group of oil and gas producers. We don’t want restrictions, we want to increase our production.”

Jan 24, 2020 - Power Technology

French multinational electric utility company ENGIE has acquired a 30-year greenfield concession project in Brazil through a tender process launched by Sterlite. The project includes construction, operation and maintenance of an electric power transmission line, covering 1,800 km, and a new substation, as well as the expansion of three additional substations located in northern Brazil. The project will require an investment of US$ 828m). ENGIE CEO Isabelle Kocher said: “This transaction follows the acquisition in Brazil of the TAG gas transmission network, which represents 4,500km of gas pipelines or 47% of the country’s total gas infrastructure.”

Jan 24, 2020 - Financial Times

As concerns about climate change soared last year, the boss of Brazil’s biggest company delivered a message to try to assuage anxieties. Roberto Castello Branco, the president of oil company Petrobras, promised to increase efforts to curb emissions, saying decarbonisation was “one of our priorities.” The positive message, however, masks an inconvenient truth: in contrast with many of its global peers, Petrobras has made scant effort to diversify into green energy.