STP (Substituição Tecnológica Piratininga) power station
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STP (Substituição Tecnológica Piratininga) power station (Usina Termelétrica STP (Substituição Tecnológica Piratininga)) is a cancelled power station in São Paulo, Brazil.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| STP (Substituição Tecnológica Piratininga) power station | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | -23.711, -46.679611 (approximate)[1] |
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Emergency/Backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Cancelled - inferred 4 y[2][3][4][5][6][7] | fossil gas: natural gas[8] | 1737[8][9] | combined cycle[10][11] | not found | no |
| II | Cancelled - inferred 4 y[2][4][5][6][12][7] | fossil gas: natural gas[8] | 819[8][9] | combined cycle[10][11] | not found | no |
| III | Cancelled - inferred 4 y[1] | fossil gas: natural gas[1][9] | 675[1] | unknown | not found | no |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| I | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100%][8][6][9][13][14] | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100.0%] |
| II | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100%][8][6][9][13][14] | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100.0%] |
| III | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100%][8][6][9][13][14] | Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia SA [100.0%] |
Ownership Tree
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Background
The STP project's environmental impact report, released in 2019, included plans for a compact substation, underground energy cable, transmission line, and other supporting structures.[15] In July 2019, the São Paulo state environmental authority CONSEMA (Conselho Estadual do Meio Ambiente) approved the environmental impact report and granted a preliminary license for Unit 1 (1736.8 MW) and Unit 2 (818.9 MW), allowing the developers to enter both units in Brazil's national energy auctions.[15][16] However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, auctions were suspended until 2021.[16]
Project developer EMEA continued to mention units 1 and 2 as viable projects in its quarterly reports[17][16], yet there was no evidence of progress on either unit beyond the original 2019 documents, and EMEA's most recent reports stated that there was little hope of developing them in the near term.[16] Brazilian electricity authority ANEEL also documented a third 675 MW unit known as STP III. While this unit was not mentioned in the July 2019 environmental impact report[15] or in EMAE's quarterly reports[18], it was listed as a participant in Brazil's December 2021 energy auctions[19] and continued to appear in ANEEL's database of active projects as of November 2022.[20]
As of October 2023 there had been no concrete news about either unit for more than two years, though EMAE continued to reference the STP 1 and 2 projects in its annual financial statements.[21] EMAE's annual financial report for 2024 again mentioned the July 2019 environmental licensing of the STP 1 and 2 projects, noting that the preliminary license granted in 2019 permitted both units to participate in future Brazilian energy auctions.[22]
The project's preliminary environmental license appeared to have been officially shelved by São Paulo state's environmental authority (CETESB) in June 2024, due to the developers' non-compliance with requests for communication.[23] There has been no subsequent indication that either unit remained an active project, other than a September 2025 BNAmericas article that ranked Piratininga Unit 1—valued at US$847 million with 1.7 GW of capacity—among the largest prospective gas-fired power projects in Latin America.[24]
In June 2026, with neither unit having been contracted in Brazil's March 2026 LRCAP energy auction and with no further news emerging, both units were moved from shelved to cancelled-inferred status.[25]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090259/https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNjc4OGYyYjQtYWM2ZC00YjllLWJlYmEtYzdkNTQ1MTc1NjM2IiwidCI6IjQwZDZmOWI4LWVjYTctNDZhMi05MmQ0LWVhNGU5YzAxNzBlMSIsImMiOjR9. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.imprensaoficial.com.br/Certificacao/GatewayCertificaPDF.aspx?notarizacaoID=db49e98e-537a-401e-9866-1ef28a1b0673.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.bnamericas.com/en/features/101-early-stage-gas-fired-power-projects-to-watch.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.ccee.org.br/documents/80415/31088149/resultado_vendedor_4LRCAP.pdf/81fc4d77-2d85-6628-48b2-19560c937920.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://vipfiles.valor.com.br/BDEmpresas/376bf6ea-ac51-4809-9c40-56dd9f1aaef5.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125105024/https://emae.globalri.com.br/upload/files/0594_ITR-EMAE-MAR21_SITE.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Arquivamento IL 018/2024" (PDF). CETESB – Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo. 2024-06-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-03-28.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 https://www.rad.cvm.gov.br/ENET/frmDownloadDocumento.aspx?Tela=ext&descTipo=IPE&CodigoInstituicao=1&numProtocolo=959001&numSequencia=483735&numVersao=1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091023/https://smastr16.blob.core.windows.net/consema/2019/08/apresentacao-eia-rima-da-substituicao-tecnologica-das-usina-termeletrica-piratininga.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125112431/https://sigrh.sp.gov.br/public/uploads/deliberation//CBH-AT/17396/deliberacao-cbh-at-n-74-de-24-07-2019-aprova-o-parecer-tecnico-sobre-o-eia-rima-para-substituicao-das-unidades-1-e-2-da-usina-termelet.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125112658/https://petronoticias.com.br/termeletrica-piratininga-recebe-licenca-para-fazer-substituicao-tecnologica/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125030829/https://www.imprensaoficial.com.br/Certificacao/GatewayCertificaPDF.aspx?notarizacaoID=36817415-58dd-424e-af5b-d01e3ce1f3df. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://ri.emae.com.br/Download.aspx?Arquivo=jM2WnecgBoCuku8WcaZtxg==.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://sigel.aneel.gov.br/portal/home/index.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "EIA/RIMA do Empreendimento "Substituição Tecnológica das Unidades 1 e 2 da Usina Termelétrica Piratininga – UTE STP"" (PDF). Governo do Estado - São Paulo. July 24, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Resultados do 2º Trimestre de 2022 (p 27)" (PDF). EMAE – Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia S.A. June 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "ref_7" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "emae.globalri.com.br/upload/files/0594_ITR-EMAE-MAR21_SITE.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Central de resultados". EMAE. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Diário Oficial União – 07/12/2021". ABRAPCH. 2021-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "SIGA (Sistema de Informações de Geração da ANEEL)". ANEEL. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ EMAE - Demonstrações financeiras para os exercícios findos em 31 de dezembro de 2023 e 2022, Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística - Governo de São Paulo, March 11, 2024.
- ↑ Relatório da Administração, dos Auditores Independentes, do Comitê de Auditoria Estatutário e Demonstrações Financeiras de 2024, EMAE, March 28, 2025.
- ↑ Arquivamento IL 018/2024, CETESB – Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo, June 13, 2024.
- ↑ 101 early-stage gas-fired power projects to watch, BNAmericas, July 1, 2025.
- ↑ Resultados do Leilão - Leilão de Reserva de Capacidade na forma de Potência de 2026 - UTEs a Gás Natural, Carvão Mineral e UHEs, CCEE, March 18, 2026.
Additional data
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