Project of 14.7MW Hydro power plant in Brazil

Brazil is the world’s second largest hydropower producer by installed capacity and has the largest installed hydropower capacity in South America, with 60 per cent of the continent’s total capacity. Large hydropower remains the major source of electricity supply, with wind and solar representing about 11 per cent.

This is the sale of a building permission and a ready-to-build project for the construction of a Hydro Power Plant in Brazil. This 14.7MW Hydro Power Plant is located in the municipalities of Capinzal, Ipira and Ouro, in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, taking advantage of a gap of 8.33 m gross in the place between the dam and the powerhouse.

Keypoints

• Status = Ready to Build
• Installed power = 14.70 MW
• Average energy = 7.79 average MW (period from 1940 to 2015)
• Physical Energy Guarantee = 7.06 average MW calculated for the period from 1940 to 2015 of average monthly flows observed and in accordance with Ordinance No. 463/2009 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy – MME).
• Connection to SIN = The Transmission Line (LT) at 138 kV, called the South Line, which will transport the energy generated by the PCH Barra do Pinheiro, will be built in a consortium signed between the Small Hydroelectric Plants of the Peixe River located between the mouth of the river.

Status

• The declaration of water availability – DRDH (Ordinance No. 0218) was issued by the State Secretariat for Sustainable Development of Santa Catarina on June 16, 2020.
• The Prior Environmental License – LAP was issued by the Institute of the Environment of the State of Santa Catarina – IMA on November 26, 2021.
• Currently in the process of obtaining the Environmental Installation License – LAI and obtaining the Authorization to Cut Vegetation – AuC, from IMA/SC.
• The designed spillways have a total capacity of 6,374 m³/s (millennial flood).
• The powerhouse attached to the dam is of the sheltered type and was designed in the Basic Project optimization study to house three horizontal Kaplan S type generating units, with 4.9 MW of installed power each, turbine flow of 67.6 m³/ s per unit and gross drop of 8.37 m.
• The construction schedule foresees 24 months for the execution of the project.

Investment Estimation

• The total cost of implementing the project is estimated at R$ 106,426,000.00, with the transmission line included, without JDC. This represents a cost of BRL 7,240.00/kW, a value well below the index cost of BRL 8,466.52/kW, defined by ANEEL for Small Hydroelectric Power Plants, a value used to calculate the guarantee of faithful compliance required for the Granting of Concession.
• This cost of implementation of PCH Barra do Pinheiro does not include the acquisition of rights over the Basic Project approved by ANEEL (DRS-PCH) and Environmental Licenses, in the amount of R$ 800,000.00/MW installed.
• The construction schedule foresees 24 months for the execution of the enterprise.