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October Auctions Will Add 100,874 MW in Renewable Energy Projects in Brazil

Written by Paulo Nogueira

Published on 12/06/2019 at 07:25

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The Auction Will Hire Hydropower, Wind, Solar, Biomass, Coal, and Natural Gas Projects

The Energy Research Company (EPE), Brazil’s state-owned energy research company, announced on Tuesday that 100,874 MW of renewable energy projects have been registered for the upcoming auction, which will take place on October 17, 2019. Known as A-6, the auction will hire hydropower, wind, solar, biomass, coal, and natural gas projects. In total, 1,829 energy projects will compete for contracts.

This auction, previously scheduled for September 26, will grant power purchase agreements (PPAs) that will come into effect on January 1, 2025.
More details are available in the table below.

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Energy	Number of Projects	Capacity (MW)
Wind	845	25,158
Solar	825	29,780
Large Hydropower (UHE)	5	213
Medium Hydropower (PCH)	59	939
Small Hydropower (CGH)	14	39
Biomass	25	1,360
Coal	4	1,667
Natural Gas	52	41,718

In Brazil, hydropower plants (UHE) are divided into three groups, depending on their capacity: UHE, with a capacity greater than 30 MW, PCH, between 1 MW and 30 MW, and CGH up to 1 MW.

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Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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