There were 104 power plant contracts announced in the South and Central America region in Q4 2019, marking a rise of 316% over the last 12-month average of 25, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database.

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Power Plant stood at first place when compared with other power tender categories in the South and Central America region in Q4 2019 with 104 contracts and a 66.7% share, followed by Generation Equipment with 22 contracts and a 14.1% share and Electricity Procurement with 21 contracts and a 13.5% share during the quarter.

The proportion of contracts by category tracked by GlobalData in the quarter was as follows:

  1. Project Implementation: 99 contracts and a 95.2% share
  2. Repair, Maintenance, Upgrade & Others: four contracts and a 3.8% share
  3. Consulting & Similar Services: one contract and a 1% share.

Wind is top technology for South and Central America power plant contracts in Q4 2019

Looking at power plant contracts by the type of technology in the South and Central America region, wind accounted for 48 contracts with a 45.7% share, followed by hydro with 28 contracts and a 26.7% share and solar with 16 contracts and a 15.2% share.

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South and Central America power plant contracts in Q4 2019: Top companies by capacity

The top issuers of power plant contracts for the quarter in terms of power capacity involved in South and Central America were:

  1. Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica, Brazil (Brazil): 2,979.17MW from 91 contracts
  2. Mainstream Renewable Power Chile (Chile): 571MW from four contracts
  3. Engie Energia Chile (Chile): 259MW capacity from one contract.

South and Central America power plant contracts in Q4 2019: Top winners by capacity

The top winners of contracts for the quarter in terms of power capacity involved in South and Central America were:

  1. Brazilian Energy Participacoes (Brazil), Centrais Eletricas Barcarena (Brazil), Golar Power Brasil Participacoes (Brazil) and Oak Participacoes (Brazil): 604.52MW from one contract
  2. Statkraft Energias Renovaveis (Brazil): 375.6MW from 11 contracts
  3. Winds of Santa Eugenia Renewable Energy (Brazil) and Powertis (Spain): 300MW capacity from four contracts.

All publicly-announced contracts are included in this analysis drawn from GlobalData’s Power database, which covers power plants, T&D projects, equipment markets, analysis reports, capacity and generation, and tracks tenders and contracts on a real-time basis.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported contracts are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s Power database.