MPX Itaqui power project
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Brazilcoal}}The MPX Itaqui power project is a 360-megawatt coal-fired power station operated by Eneva (formerly MPX Energia) in São Luís de Maranhão, Brazil.
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Location
The map below shows São Luís de Maranhão, the plant's approximate location.
Background
Originally launched by Diferencial Energia, the Itaqui project was acquired in March 2007 by Brazilian power holding company EDB [1], which in turn established a 50-50 partnership with Brazilian mining company MPX Mineração e Energia. MPX bought EDP's stake and assumed 100% ownership shortly after Brazil's October 2007 A-5 energy auction, in which the Itaqui plant won a contract to produce an annual average of 315MW of power over a 15-year period. [2] In October 2012, the government environmental agency IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente) granted the plant its operating license[3], and in March 2013 the electrical agency ENEEL (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica) authorized the plant to begin commercial operations. [4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Eneva
- Parent company: MPX Energia SA, E.ON
- Location: São Luís de Maranhão, Brazil
- Coordinates: -2.6, -44.35 (approximate)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 360MW
- Type: Subcritical
- Projected in service:
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "EDB buys Maranhão project generation rights,", Business News Americas, April 2007.
- ↑ "EDB sells stake in Maranhão thermo project,", Business News Americas, October 2007.
- ↑ "UTE Itaqui obtém licença de operação emitida pelo Ibama,", Eneva, October 2012.
- ↑ "Itaqui inicia operação comercial,", Eneva, March 2013.
