Paranã Dam Profile

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Municipalities on the axis of the dam:

Cavalcante (TO), Posse (TO), Paraná (TO), Santo Domingo (GO), Flores de Goiás (GO), Arraias (TO), Monte Alegre de Goiás (GO).

Companies:

• CELG Geração e Transmissão S/A is a company controlled by the state government of Goias.
• Alupar Investimentos S/A belongs to the Brazilian group Alusa.
• TPI Participações e Investimentos S/A belongs to the Brazilian group Triunfo.

Presence of quilombolas in the affected municipalities:

• Kalunga do Mimoso -  between the state of Tocantins and Goiás (municipalities of Cavalcante and Arraias).
• Kalunga de Goiás - in the state of Goiás near the border with the state of Tocantins.

Protected areas affected:

• Ecological Corridor Paranã-Pirineus.

Priority areas for biodiversity protection affected:

• 115 - Southern Tocantins (extremely high priority).
• 102 - Middle Tocantins (extremely high priority).
• 13 - Central Southern Tocantins.
• Province Faunística B.

Links:

• A retrospective of the electricity network expansion in the basin of the Tocantins River, with a case study of the regions of Lajeado- Palmas - Porto Nacional (TO), 1996-2003

Source:

• Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel)
• Sistema de Informações do Potencial Hidrelétrico Brasileiro (SIPOT)