Fonte: ANEEL
The Consórcio Norte Energia, winner of the auction of power from the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte held last April 20th, was authorized by the Special Licensing Committee of the National Energy Agency (Aneel), after examining the documents submitted under item 11 of Auction Notice no. 006/2009. The result is in Trial Report of the Commission, available in Espaço do Empreendedor, in Editais de Geração, 2009, at the Aneel website (www.aneel.gov.br).
Nine companies comprise the consortium: Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco (CHESF) with 49.98%; Construtora Queiroz Galvão S/A, with 10.02%; Galvão Engenharia S/A, 3.75%; Mendes Junior Trading Engenharia S/A, 3.75%; Serveng Civilsan-S/A, 3.75%; J Malucelli Construtora de Obras S/A, with 9.98%; Contern Construções e Comércio Ltda. with 3.75%; Cetenco Engenharia S/A, 5%, and Gaia Energia e Participações, with 10.02%.
The group won the auction by submitting bids R$ 78 per Megawatt hour (MWh), which is 6.02% below the initial price of R$ 83 per MWh. By applying a factor of low tariffs in the bidding rules, the final price of energy was R$ 77.97 MWh. The other consortium that participated in the contest was the one of Belo Monte Energia, formed by Andrade Gutierrez Participações S/A, Vale S/A, Neoenergia S/A, Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio Furnas Centrais Elétricas S/A and Eletrosul Centrais Elétricas S/A.
Belo Monte HPP will be installed on the Xingu River, in Vitória do Xingu, Pará. The minimum installed capacity is 11,233.1 MW, the world’s third largest, after the Três Gargantas power plant in the Yangtze River, China, with 22,500 MW, and of the binational Itaipu on the Paraná River, located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, with the capacity to generate 14,000 MW. Belo Monte HPP will be the largest exclusively Brazilian plant. Belo Monte has physical guarantee of 4,571 MW (MWa), which corresponds to the maximum amount of energy and power that could be used for proof of service loading or marketing contracts. The main power house (Sítio Belo Monte) has minimum installed capacity of 11,000 MW and physical security of 4418.9 MWa. The secondary powerhouse (Sítio Pimental) will have a capacity of 233.1 MW, with physical guaranteed of152.1 MWa. The reservoir area is of 516 square kilometers (km²). Belo Monte HPP will work directly, i.e. with no reservoir accumulation.
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