Tupã power station

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Tupã power station (Usina Termelétrica Tupã) is a power station in the pre-permit stage in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tupã power station Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -22.2795815, -41.7329818 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 pre-permit[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3][1][2] 2040[3][2] combined cycle[3] 2024[3]

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
Unit 1 Global Participações em Energia SA [100%] Commandery Participações SA

Background

In July 2019, the Tupã plant received its environmental license and was the subject of public hearings in the city of Macaé.[4][5] As of December 2021, it was one of several new power plants proposed for the Macaé region.[6]

Opposition

In November 2022, the Brazilian environmental group Arayara filed a public civil action against Brazil's national environmental authority IBAMA, Rio de Janeiro state environmental authority INEA and four private companies. The filing alleged that the Tupã power station, along with several other proposed power plants, would have a detrimental impact on water supply and air quality in the region, and requested that additional environmental studies be undertaken prior to further development of the power plants.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL, Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency), Sistema de Informações Georreferenciadas do Setor Elétrico (SIGEL)". Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL, Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency). Archived from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090501/https://energiaeambiente.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211214_notatecnicamacaequalidadedoar.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090604/https://connect.spe.org/macae/blogs/leonardo-marinho1/2019/08/27/novas-termoeletricas-em-macae-impulsionam-a-formac. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Projetos de implantação de duas novas termelétricas serão apresentados em Macaé, no RJ". G1. July 12, 2019.
  5. "Novas termoelétricas em Macaé impulsionam a formação de um polo de energia a partir do gás natural". SPE Macaé. August 27, 2019.
  6. "Qualidade do Ar em Macaé (RJ)" (PDF). IEMA. December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Ambientalistas tentam barrar na Justiça projetos termelétricos em Macaé". EPBR. November 4, 2022.

Additional data

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