The company will invest BRL 700 million in the installation of the plant in Roraima, which already operates in the production of natural gas in the states of Ceará and Maranhão

This Thursday morning, 05th, Eneva obtained from the Roraima State Foundation for the Environment and Water Resources (Femarh) the Installation License for the construction of the Jaguatirica II Natural Gas Thermoelectric Power Plant, in Roraima, which will have an installed capacity of 132,3 MW. On June 4, the contract signed by Techint with Eneva for the execution of the thermoelectric project was announced. of Roraima, where more than 1.500 jobs will be generated during its implementation phase.

The plant was one of the nine companies that won the isolated system auction held on May 31 by the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE) and represented 44% of the volume traded.

During the ceremony, the director of the private natural gas operator, Pedro Zinner, said that this is a step forward for the state, which from now on will be able to rely on other sources of electricity, less polluting and at a lower price. lower.

The energy supplied by the company will come from the production of natural gas, a mixture of derivatives of fossil fuels.

The gas will be produced from the Azulão field, located in the Amazon Basin. Zinner informed that 124 MWh (Megawatt per hour) will be produced to meet the demand of Boa Vista.

The company will invest R$ 700 million in the installation of the plant, which already operates in the production of natural gas in the states of Ceará and Maranhão.

The Contract for Commercialization of Electric Energy and Power in Isolated Systems (CCESI) has a duration of 15 years and the delivery of energy is scheduled from June 28, 2021.

For the construction of the UTE, the company entered into a global contract, in the full EPC modality, with a company from the Italian-Argentine group Techint.

Eneva delivered notification for the start of implementation to the company in June 2019. The construction period provided for in the plant's EPC contract is up to 24 months, starting from the date of the document.

When ready, the thermoelectric plant will need about 22 trailers of natural gas per day if called upon to generate its maximum capacity. These vehicles will travel around 1.000 kilometers to connect the Azulão field, which Eneva acquired from Petrobras, to the thermal plant in Roraima, which will have a tanking capacity corresponding to seven days of operation.

The plant is totally flexible and the CVU is around R$ 220/MWh, according to information provided by Eneva to the special report by Agência CanalEnergia published on June 28.

“When ready, it will be one of the first plants to be shipped by order of merit in the North region when the state is connected to the SIN”, said the senior analyst for Regulation and Government Affairs at Eneva, Lucas Ribeiro.

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