Agua Vermelha is a 1,396.2MW hydro power project. It is located on Grande river/basin in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 1973 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1978. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The AES, Others, Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras and BNDES Participacoes are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 47.63%, 38.87%, 6.77% and 6.73% respectively.

Agua Vermelha is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 11.025 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 57m.

Development status

The project construction commenced in 1973 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1978.

Contractors involved

GE Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 6 units of francis turbines, each with 233MW nameplate capacity.

GE Renewable Energy supplied 6 electric generators for the project.

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This content was updated on 25 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.