Teles Pires Dam Profile
Location
Countries: Brasil
Basins: Tapajós
Rivers: Teles Pires
Project Information
Capacity: 1,820 MW
Flooded Area: 137 Km2
Operational Status: Planned
Companies Involved: Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S/A / Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) / Intertechne Consultores Associados S/C Ltda. / Neoenergia Investimentos S/A (Neoinvest)
More Information
General characteristics:
Teles Pires dam is part of the planned Teles Pires Hydroelectric Complex. The other dams are: São Manuel (746 MW), Sinop (461 MW), Colíder (342 MW), Foz do Apiacás (275 MW) and Magessi (53 MW).
Municipalities affected:
Paranaíta (MT) and Jacareanga (PA).
Timeline:
The Federal Government expects the plant to start operating in 2015.
Companies:
- Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) is a agency of the Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).
- Neoenergia Investimentos S/A (Neoinvest) is a company controlled by pension funds linked to the Brazilian state-owned Bank of Brazil (Banco do Brasil) and the Welfare Fund for Bank of Brazil's staff (Previ), as well as by the Spanish group Iberdrola.
Protected areas affected:
Presence of Environmental Protection Corridors (region included in the Project of Conservation and Sustainable Use of Brazilian Biological Diversity - ProBio).
Links:
- Rio Teles Pires will have five hydroelectric power plants by the year of 2016
- Protected area cries for help
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