Fonte: ANEEL
Company Eldorado Celulose e Papel S/A was allowed to act as a self-producer of electrical energy through the establishment and operation of thermal power plant (TPP) Eldorado Brasil, located in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul. The plant will have 226 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, consisting of two generating units of 113 MW each. The TPP uses black liquor** and wood waste as fuel. 

The decision came at a meeting of the executive board of the National Energy Agency (ANEEL) held last Tuesday (06/21). Currently, the national energy matrix has 14 plants in operation using black liquor as fuel. Access the Information Generation Bank (BIG) of ANEEL to see the composition of the matrix.

Brazil has today (06/22), 276 self-producers, 37 of which sell the surplus energy produced. The Information Generation Bank can be found at the ANEEL website (www.aneel.gov.br) in technical information. (DB/GL) 

* Self-producer of energy – is the person or entity or business working in a consortium to receive concession or authorization to produce energy for its own use. Decree No.2003 of September 10, 1996 (Official Journal of September 11, 1996, section 1, p.17917) 

** Black liquor is a result of wood processing in the extraction of cellulose, used as fuel in cogeneration plants of the cellulose industry itself.