Brazil greenlights 52 MW from Sept hydro auction

Author: Matt Berlin. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Brazil's power sector regulator Aneel approved on Tuesday projects with a combined capacity of 51.77 MW which won contracts in the first reserve energy auction of 2016, held on September 23.

The tender focused only on hydropower plant (HPPs). Power supply is scheduled to begin on March 1, 2020. More details on the projects are available in the table below.

Project Name	Capacity	Owner
Figueira	1.27 MW	Centrais Eletricas Figueirao Ltda
Jui-117	24.4 MW	PCH Juina SA
Mantovilis	5.2 MW	Sao Benedito Energia, Investimentos e Participacoes SA
Estivadinho 3	9.9 MW	Sao Benedito Energia, Investimentos e Participacoes SA
Rincão	10 MW	Rincão Energia SA
Willy Faller	1 MW	Mafras Energia e Reflorestamento Ltda

In total, 180.32 MW of power capacity was secured at the auction, negotiated at BRL 227.02 per MWh (USD 67.78/EUR 63.83). As of now, Aneel has given the green light to six of the 30 winning projects.

(BRL 1 = USD 0.299/EUR 0.281)

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