Barra Bonita is a 141MW hydro power project. It is located on Tiete river/basin in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 1957 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1963. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo. The AES, Others, Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras and BNDES Participacoes are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 47.63%, 38.87%, 6.77% and 6.73% respectively.
Barra Bonita is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 0.384 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 23.5m.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 1957 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1963.
Contractors involved
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of kaplan turbines, each with 35.19MW nameplate capacity.
GE Renewable Energy supplied 4 electric generators for the project.
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About Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo
Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo (CESP) is a subsidiary of VTRM Energia Participacoes SA, is an integrated electric utility. The company plans, constructs, and operates electric energy generation and commercialization systems. It produces energy using hydro source. CESP owns power plants at Rio Paran, Rio Paraibuna, and Rio Jaguari in the West and East regions in the State of Sao Paulo. The company sells its energy in regulated contracting environment, free contracting environment, and chamber of commercialization of electric energy markets to distribution companies, free consumers and commercialization companies. CESP is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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