Over 100,000 Families to Benefit From New Hydroelectric Plant by Certel at Bom Retiro do Sul Lock Dam

Written by Geovane Souza

Published on 25/08/2022 at 15:20

100 mil famílias serão beneficiadas com nova hidrelétrica da Certel

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On the morning of last Wednesday, 24, during a breakfast at its headquarters, authorities from the Certel Cooperative announced that it will transform the Eclusa Dam, in Bom Retiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, into a hydroelectric power plant. The project is expected to be operational in four years and will cost around R$ 250 million. According to Centel, the new hydroelectric plant will have the capacity to serve up to 100 thousand families.

This announcement was made in the presence of state and regional government officials. This will be the seventh sustainable energy production unit that the cooperative owns and operates.

During the announcement, three state secretaries were present: the secretary of environment and infrastructure, Marjore Kauffmann, the secretary of urban and metropolitan development, Carlos Rafael Mallmann, and the secretary of Justice and criminal and socio-educational systems, Mauro Hauschild. In addition, mayors from several cities, city councilors, and municipal secretaries were also present.

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How the New Hydroelectric Plant of Certel Will Be

The machine house of the new hydroelectric plant at the Eclusa Dam will be located on the banks of the Taquari River, which is part of the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul. The capacity of the system will be 440 cubic meters per second. As a point of reference, the basin that drains the Forqueta River has the capacity to deliver 22 cubic meters of water per second.

The lock will generate a water drop of 10 meters in height to facilitate electricity production. The Certel substation in Estrela will be the recipient of the electricity generated at the site. The cooperative expects that the new plant will provide energy to about one hundred thousand customers.

Certel will partner with the company Bom Retiro Energia to carry out the construction of the project. According to the head of the cooperative, the project has not yet left Brasília and is being evaluated by the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel).

Next year (2023), according to projections, construction work on the dam will begin. From then on, the completion of the station will require a total of three years of work. The estimate is that during this period, the project will generate around 500 direct and indirect jobs, further benefiting families in the region.

About Certel

The Certel Cooperative is the largest and oldest energy cooperative in the country, having started its operations in 1956, with its headquarters located in the municipality of Teutônia, in Rio Grande do Sul. Focusing on monitoring process systems and handling non-conformities, as well as seeking the continuous improvement of the QMS, based on the organizational identity of the cooperative, are the main objectives of the cooperative, whose mission is to provide continuous and compliant electricity distribution services while meeting the requirements and expectations of various stakeholders.

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