Eletronorte to Build 600-Megawatt Thermal Plant in Northern Brazil

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Federal power company Centrais Eletricas do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Eletronorte) (Brasilia, Brazil) plans to build a 600-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Manaus in the state of Amazonia in northern Brazil. The plant would operate in combined-cycle mode and use natural gas as the main fuel.

The company is seeking a partner to assist with the project's feasibility studies. After the study's approval and the authorization of the country's electricity regulatory agency, Aneel (Brasilia), Eletronorte will form a consortium to build and operate the power station, which will be connected to the national grid through a 230-kilovolt transmission line.

Eletronorte is a subsidiary of the Brazilian power utility Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), also known as Eletrobras, and was created to build and operate power plants in northern Brazil. The region comprises the states of Amazonas, Para, Acre, Rondonia, Roraima, Amapa, Tocantins and Mato Grosso. The company operates 11 power plants in the country and has an installed capacity of 9,257 MW. Since 1973, the company has been devoted to the generation, commercialization and transmission of electricity in the region.

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