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Cachoeirão Dam Profile

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Location

Countries: Brasil
Basins: Tapajós
Rivers: Juruena

Project Information

Capacity: 64 MW
Flooded Area: 3 Km2
Cost: R$ 147.2 million
Operational Status: Planned
Companies Involved: Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S/A (Eletronorte) / Linear Participações e Incorporações Ltda. / Maggi Energia S/A / MCA Energia e Barragem Ltda.

More Information

Companies:

  • Eletronorte is a federal state-owned company controlled by the holding Eletrobrás.
  • Maggi Energia S/A is part of the group Andre Maggi.

Timeline:

Federal Government expects the plant to start operating in 2013.

Links:

  • Stop the machines
  • Linear Participações e Incorporações Ltda. and MCA Energia e Barragem Ltda. are subject to juridical action due to the practice of labor analogous to slavery.

Source:

  • Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel)
  • Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) do Governo Federal
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