#Brazil

The project’s goal is to deliver clean energy from northeastern and northern Brazil to the central part of the country.

The transformers will be used in the substation and will support increased production capacity and play an important role in the company’s electrical infrastructure.

Equinor has started operations at its 531 MW Mendubim solar plant in Brazil.

WEG has announced the supply of a mobile substation in the state of Amapá, Brazil.

Actis has launched a new Brazilian transmission platform and acquired 100% of one operational transmission line from EDP Brasil.

Statkraft has inaugurated its largest wind farm outside Europe, the 519 MW Ventos de Santa Eugênia Wind Complex in Bahia, Brazil.

The installed capacity will increase to 1800 MVA, sufficient to supply approximately 3,240,000 residences.

Sudene has authorised a loan package for two wind projects with a combined capacity of 45 MW from EDF Renewables.

China’s State Grid emerged as the winner in Brazil’s largest-ever electricity transmission line auction on Friday, snapping up the largest batch of projects up for grabs.

WEG S.A. has announced that it will invest R$1.2 billion ($244.5 million) over the next three years, to expand transformer production capacity in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

The Garabi HVDC converter station will be upgraded with advanced MACH™ control and protection system, extending the life of the world’s most powerful system of its kind.

Brazil, Brasilia: Iberdrola has signed a strategic agreement with GIC for the development of transmission networks in Brazil for $473 M.

Brazil, Brasilia: The Brazilian government is projecting total investments of $9.5 B (50 B reais) in the construction of transmission lines.

Brazil, São Paulo: The CEO of Brazil’s Neoenergia, Eduardo Capelastegui, said the company is analysing the acquisition of Ceará state’s power distributor Coelce.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions Services team used digital X-ray technology to complement the preventive maintenance in Petrobras’ gas-insulated substation (GIS).

Brazil, Sao Paulo: Cobra IS, a VINCI subsidiary, has signed a major PPP contract in Brazil after auctions organised by the National Electric Energy Agency.

Brazil, Santa Catarina: A mixed transmission line is to connect Biguaçu to Florianópolis Island with a substation provided by WEG.

Brazil: Sterlite Brazil Participações S.A., a subsidiary of Sterlite Power Transmission, won two lots at the transmission auctions held at B3 in São Paulo.

Brazil: The power grid line will be laid between the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

Brazil, Brasilia: Brazil’s first power transmission auction in 2022 has attracted $2.9 B (15.3 B reals) in investments.

Brazil: Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging and paper packaging in Brazil, started a new investment cycle with the Puma II Project.

Brazil: Hitachi Energy has announced that it has won an order from Suzano, the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer and one of Latin America’s largest paper producers.

Brazil: Spanish electrical engineering company Ingeteam SA has said it supplied inverters and substations for two solar projects totalling 21  MWp in Brazil.

Brazil: Spanish-based utility Iberdrola has commissioned a 730 km energy transmission line in Brazil, the largest power line across its operations globally.

Brazil: Siemens Energy and Casa dos Ventos signed a MoU for the supply of Latin America’s first Sensformer® Advanced transformers in 2019.

Brazil: Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Neoenergia, has been selected by the Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica to build a 500 kV substation in Minas Gerais.

Brazil, Três Barras: In June 2021, WEG completed the supply of the WestRock Paper Mill Expansion Project, in Três Barras, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Brazil, Sao Paolo: GE’s Grid Solutions have commissioned the first digital substation connected to Brazil’s National Interconnected System (SIN).