Plants will provide additional capacity of 334 MW, providing security and stability to the electrical system; thermoelectric plant in AM has a planned investment of R$ 1,3 billion
Eneva, the largest private natural gas operator in Brazil and an integrated energy company, won the auction for the sale of a capacity reserve held this Tuesday (21.12) by Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency), with the UTE Azulão projects (Amazonas) and UTE Parnaíba IV (Maranhão). The two thermoelectric power plants, with a combined capacity of 334 MW, will contribute to the safety and stability of the National Electric System.
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“The projects are another step in our value creation strategy and are in line with our pioneering model of using natural gas to generate energy in places close to the producing areas – in this case, the Azulão field (Amazonas) and in the fields in the Parnaíba basin (Maranhão), where the company already operates one of the largest thermoelectric complexes in the country. This differentiated model of ours allows for more competitive costs for the production of thermal energy, which proved to be indispensable in this year of water restriction in which greater availability of thermoelectric energy was needed”, declared Pedro Zinner, CEO of Eneva.
UTE Azulão is a new project for thermoelectric generation using natural gas, with an installed capacity of 295 MW and an expected investment of R$ 1,3 billion. The plant will be installed in the municipality of Silves (AM).
In the auction, UTE Azulão signed a commitment to sell this power for a period of 15 years, for delivery from July 1, 2026, ensuring a fixed annual revenue during the supply period of R$ 216.869.653,48. The value will be readjusted annually by the IPCA.
The estimated construction period for the thermoelectric plant is up to 36 (thirty-six) months. It is estimated that the implementation of the project will begin in the second half of 2022. Zinner also pointed out that the project expands the use of gas in the basin of the Amazon, promoting regional development and replacing more polluting sources of energy generation. “In addition, we believe in natural gas as an important vector in the country's energy transition, as it makes it possible to stabilize other intermittent sources, such as solar and wind, which are gaining ground in our energy matrix.”
Thermal in Maranhão
The Parnaíba IV plant, also powered by natural gas, has an installed capacity of 56 MW and sold a capacity of 39 MW in today's auction, for a period of 15 years, with delivery starting on July 1, 2026. located in the Parnaíba Thermoelectric Complex, in the municipality of Santo Antônio dos Lopes (MA). In operation since December 2013, the plant does not have a current contract in the regulated environment. In this case, the annual fixed revenue during the supply period is R$ 32.083.083,32, also adjusted annually by the IPCA.
According to the Power Capacity Reservation Contract – modality provided for in this auction –, the fixed revenue will be paid by the Electric Energy Commercialization Chamber (CCEE), which will promote the collection and collection of the Power Charge for Capacity Reservation.
In this first auction for contracting reserve capacity in the country, a total of 132 registered projects participated, totaling 50.691 megawatts (MW) of power.
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