Light SA's 25-Megawatt Hydropower Plant Begins Commercial Operations in Brazil

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources Latin America (Cordoba, Argentina)--Brazilian company Light SA (PINK:LGXSY) (Río de Janeiro, Brazil) , a subsidiary of power utility company CompanhiaEnergética de Minas Gerais SA (NYSE:CIG) (Cemig) (Belo Horizonte, Brasil), recently began commercial operations of the Paracambi hydropower plant. This new facility has a generating capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and is located in territory of three cities in Rio de Janeiro state: Paracambi (about 77 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro), Itaguai and Pirai.

The plant is on the Ribeirao das Lajes River and has a water reservoir area of 2.37 square kilometers. The power plant will generate enough renewable energy to power approximately 120,000 homes.

The facility has two 12.5-MW vertical-axis Kaplan hydro turbine-generator sets, each furnished by Andritz Hydro GmBH (Vienna, Austria). The first turbine went into operation on May 18, and the second turbine should be operational by July this year. The project had an estimated total investment value of $50 million.

At the moment, Light SA has a hydro operatingcapacity of 977.6megawatts (MW): Nilo Pecanha (380 MW),Ilha dos Pombos(186 MW), Fontes Nova (132 MW), Pereira Passos (100 MW), Vigario (88 MW), Santa Branca (58 MW) and Santa Cecilia (33.6 MW).

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