Board authorizes company to produce energy in Pernambuco

Fonte: ANEEL
Company Usina Central Olho D'Agua S/A was authorized by the National Energy Agency (ANEEL) to act as autoproducer* of electricity in the city of Camutanga, in Pernambuco. The company will explore Thermal Power Plant (TPP) Central Olho D'Agua. The TPP has an installed capacity of 25 Megawatts (MW) and uses sugar cane bagasse as fuel. 

The authorization was decided at the collegiate meeting of the board of Aneel, held last Tuesday (04/12). Brazil currently has 274 autoproducers of energy, of which 37 sell the surplus energy produced. Information is available at the Generation Information Bank (BIG), of ANEEL, which can be found at  www.aneel.gov.br , in technical information

* Autoproducer of electricity – is the person or entity in consortia or companies that receive a license or authorization to produce electric power for its own use.  Decree No.2003, of September 10, 1996 (Official Journal of September 11, 1996, section 1, p.17917)