Amador Aguiar is a 450MW hydro power project. It is located on Araguari river/basin in Minas Gerais, Brazil. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. The project construction commenced in 2003 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2006. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Capim Branco Energia Consortium. Alianca Geracao de Energia and Votorantim Metais are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 87.4% and 12.6% respectively.
Amador Aguiar is a reservoir based project. The project generated 1,524 GWh of electricity. The project cost is $463m.
Amador Aguiar (Amador Aguiar I) consists of 3 units of francis turbines with 80MW nameplate capacity.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2003 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2006.
Contractors involved
Amador Aguiar (Amador Aguiar II) is equipped with Andritz Hydro kaplan turbines. The phase consists of 3 turbines with 70MW nameplate capacity.
Andritz Hydro supplied electric generator(s) for the Amador Aguiar (Amador Aguiar II).
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