(SeeNews) - Oct 21, 2013 - The president of Brazilian energy research company EPE, Mauricio Tolmasquim, admitted on Friday that the government's next energy auction A-3, scheduled for November 18, will be restricted to wind power plants only.<br /> Apart from the ceiling price of BRL 126 (USD 58/EUR 42) per MWh of electricity, the auction foresees power supply start-up in two and not three years. With this new deadline, only wind power projects will be able to kick off in time.<br /> Tolmasquim underlined that the wind power generators praise the new ceiling price, which is higher than the BRL 117 per MWh offered at the previous government's auction.<br /> Thermal and small-scale hydropower plants will be offered at the A-5 bidding, scheduled for December 13, Tolmasquim added.<br /> Regarding solar power, it is unlikely that any project be ready for auctioning in A-3 or even in A-5, EPE's head commented.<br /> (BRL 1.0 = USD 0.461/EUR 0.337)
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