Tacaimbó power station
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Tacaimbó power station (Usina Termelétrica Tacaimbó) is a cancelled power station in Tacaimbó, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Tacaimbó power station | Tacaimbó, Pernambuco, Brazil | -8.335009, -36.234727 (approximate)[1][2] |
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Emergency/Backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Cancelled - inferred 4 y[3][4][5][6][7] | fossil gas: natural gas[4][8] | 263[4][5] | unknown | not found | no |
| II | Cancelled - inferred 4 y[3][4][5][7][6] | fossil gas: natural gas[4][8] | 263[4][5] | 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 | Faixa Preta Investimentos Ltda [100%][2] | Mercurio Holding SA [100.0%] |
| II | Faixa Preta Investimentos Ltda [100%][2] | Mercurio Holding SA [100.0%] |
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Tacaimbó power station was listed as a participant in Brazil's national energy auctions as recently as June 2021.[9] However, as of November 2022, the project appeared to be shelved, as it no longer appeared in Brazil's government database of power plants[10] and there had been no other news about it for more than two years.
A February 2025 BNAmericas article listed a power plant named Tacaimbó in Pernambuco among the potential bidders for Brazil's 2026 energy auctions, though the listed owner (Urca Comercializadora de Gás Natural) did not match the project's recorded owner (Faixa Preta Investimentos Ltda), the plant names given were Tacaimbó II and III rather than Tacaimbó I and II, and capacity was unclear — making it difficult to confirm whether this was the same project first announced in 2021.[11]
In June 2026, the project's status was updated from shelved-inferred to cancelled-inferred, as no project with this ANEEL ID, name, or 263 MW capacity was contracted in Brazil's March 2026 LRCAP energy auction[12], and no other news about a project with these specifics had surfaced since 2021. Two other projects in Tacaimbó, Pernambuco — Tacaimbó 1 2B and Termo Agreste — were contracted in the 2026 auction, but each had a different ANEEL ID and substantially different capacity, so both were treated as entirely separate projects.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 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 2.2 https://sigel.aneel.gov.br/portal/home/index.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.ccee.org.br/documents/80415/31088149/resultado_vendedor_4LRCAP.pdf/81fc4d77-2d85-6628-48b2-19560c937920.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Garantia Física de Empreendimentos Termelétricos Leilão A-6 de 2019" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). 2019-10-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (PDF) https://www.epe.gov.br/sites-pt/publicacoes-dados-abertos/publicacoes/PublicacoesArquivos/publicacao-521/topico-543/EPE-DEE-RE-043_2021_rv1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://www2.aneel.gov.br/cedoc/dsp20212052ti.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.bnamericas.com/es/reportajes/potenciales-postores-de-proxima-licitacion-en-brasil-planean-utilizar-gas-importado.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132532/https://abrapch.org.br/2021/06/diario-oficial-uniao-10-06-2021/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Página 131 da Seção 1 do Diário Oficial da União (DOU)". Jusbrasil. June 10, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "SIGA". ANEEL. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Potenciales postores de próxima licitación en Brasil planean utilizar gas importado, BNAmericas, February 21, 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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