#Brazil

Brazil, Simão Filho: Manufacturing vegetable oil transformers proves WEG’s commitment to the environment.

Brazil, São Paulo: The supplied equipment will serve as stand-by for the 4 transformers in the synchronous compensator system.

Consisting of two identical machines, this supply package plays a fundamental role for the development of the region.

Kalpataru Power Do Brasil Participacoes Ltd, a subsidiary of Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, has acquired a 51 % stake in Brazil’s Fasttel.

Brazil is preparing to hold its next auction of power transmission lines on 17 December, with 1,958 km of new lines and 6,420 MVA in transformation capacity.

Brazil: Equinor will install 4 GW of offshore wind energy in Rio and Espírito Santo.

General Electric Co announced its unit Grid Solutions has signed a deal to implement a 500 kV turnkey substation for a 415 MW / 474 MWp PV complex in Brazil.

Brazil: The World Bank has approved a $38 M loan to help Brazil modernise and strengthen its energy sector.

Brazil: Fox Brasil Project Logistics was responsible for an extensive scope of work on a power station capacity expansion project in Brazil.

On 23 March Sterlite Power said that it had concluded divestment of its three power transmission assets worth $100 M in Brazil.

Tractebel to construct three floating solar PV plants with 30MW of capability at the 52.2 MW Batalha hydropower dam, owned by Brazil’s Furnas Centrais Elétricas.

Brazil: ABB has completed the first 500 kV digital substation in the world for a 475 MW solar park owned by Enel Green Power Brasil Participacoes Ltda (EGPB).

WEG SA announces that it has entered into an agreement with TSEA for the acquisition of one of its transformer plants, located in Betim, Minas Gerais, in Brazil.

Brazil: French renewable power producer Voltalia SA expects its newly finished 2 GW transmission line in Brazil to be hooked to the grid shortly.

ABB will provide Brazil’s electric power transmission company, Argo Energia, a complete suite of asset management software solutions.

156 MWp Juazeiro Solar Plant includes the first digital substation installed in Latin America, which enhances controllability and reliability.

Brazil: Brazil’s grid operator ONS recommended replacing GE’s CTH-550 transformer model after registering 53 explosions.

Brazil: The overall renewable power capacity (excluding small hydropower) in Brazil is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6% from 31 GW in 2018 to 60.8 GW in 2030.

Enel Green Power Brasil (EGP Brazil), subsidiary of Enel, recently sold three fully operational renewable plants totalling 540 MW to Chinese company CGN Energy.

The International Finance Corporation is providing a $288 M 15-year loan to UTE GNA I for the development, construction and operation of an integrated liquefied natural gas to power facility in Porto de Açu.

Terna has hired Spanish bank Santander to seek investors that could bring cash into its transmission businesses in Brazil, Peru and Uruguay.

Italy, Milan: Italian utility Enel SpA has decided to halt further acquisitions in Brazil for the time being as it prepares to complete asset sales of up to $1.8 billion in the second half of the year, reports Reuters.

India: India’s power transmission company Sterlite Power has won six new transmission concessions in the recently concluded auction for transmission projects in Brazil, which is an investment worth around $1 billion.

Brazil, São Paulo: GE has won a turnkey order exceeding $900 million with Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe S.A. (CELSE) for Brazil’s Porto de Sergipe combined-cycle power plant, which will be the largest gas power plant in Latin America.