Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (CDRJ) signed a partnership with energy company Karpowership for the development of a pioneering project in the ports of Rio de Janeiro, with the installation of floating thermoelectric plants and power transmission lines in the region.

With a new partnership signed with the energy company Karpowership Brasil Energia, Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (CDRJ) continues to advance this Wednesday, (22/06), for the growth of the ports of Rio de Janeiro. In this way, the energy company will carry out the installation of floating thermoelectric plants in a pioneering project in the state's port complexes, in addition to the construction of energy distribution towers and new transmission lines for the resource, with a view to making the energy sector more efficient in the region.

Energy company Karpowership signs a partnership with Docas do Rio de Janeiro for a project to install floating thermoelectric plants and energy distribution towers in the ports of Rio de Janeiro

The new Rio de Janeiro Docks agreement will guarantee a pioneering project in Rio de Janeiro's ports over the next few years, as it will allow the installation, in the port area, of electricity distribution towers and overhead passage of the transmission line by the Karpowership.

In addition, the energy company will also install floating thermoelectric plants to produce the resource, with the aim of making the energy production and distribution chain in the region even more efficient. 

Karpowership is an energy company of Turkish origin and, with the new project in the state of Rio de Janeiro in conjunction with CDRJ, intends to bring a pioneering initiative in the national territory and in the Brazilian energy market. In this way, the project presented by the company foresees that the Sepetiba Bay will receive the installation of four floating thermoelectric plants, a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) of LNG, in addition to the installation of temporary towers for the transmission of energy production carried out in the ports. cariocas. 

In addition, currently, the first two thermoelectric vessels are already in the region and are moored at the Port of Angra dos Reis. Furthermore, the pioneer project of Karpowership and Docas do Rio de Janeiro foresees that the floating thermoelectric plants Porsud I and II and Karkey I and II will have a total installed capacity of 560 MW at the end of the project to install the structures in the ports of Rio de Janeiro.

In this way, Karpowership advances in search of growth in the national energy market, while Docas do Rio de Janeiro seeks to bring new investments to the ports of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Project to install floating thermoelectric plants in CDRJ ports will ensure more security for the Brazilian energy sector in the coming years

The year 2021 saw strong instability in the Brazilian energy sector, due to the period of exceptional water scarcity, which resulted in low storage in the reservoirs of hydroelectric plants in the country's main basins.

In this way, the development of the installation project for floating thermoelectric plants by Karpowership will guarantee greater security for the energy supply in the state of Rio de Janeiro, preventing moments of crisis like this influence in the transmission of the resource. 

In addition, according to Karpowership and Docas do Rio de Janeiro, the project received the integrated environmental license (LAI) from INEA to begin the implementation of the small transmission line in the Industrial District of Santa Cruz and, now, awaits the decision on the operating license by the licensing body.

The sector's regulatory companies, such as the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), are also being called upon to deal with the project's technical issues. 

Finally, Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro estimates that it will raise around R$ 32 million during the project period and intends to bring a series of new investments to the infrastructure and operational quality of the state's ports over the next few years.