The president of EPE (Energy Research Company), under the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Mauricio Tolmasquim told Amorim on Plant Jirau winning consortium and a discount of 22%. Some considerations that can enhance our discussions.
"The next auction of electric power in Brazil will be on July 30. The federal government will buy energy from biomass, made from sugarcane bagasse-cane. This will be the first exclusive auction of biomass energy. "
Read the full interview with Maurice Tolmasquim:
Paulo Henrique Amorim - The consortium multi-national Franco-Belgian Suez Energy associated with Brazilian companies Camargo Corrêa, Chesf Eletrosul knocked down yesterday and the auction to build the Jirau plant, located on the Madeira River, with a discount of 22%. I will now talk with Mauricio Tolmasquim, president of the Energy Research Company, under the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Mauricio Tolmasquim, this auction with a 22% discount, you expected more or less, or is a good size?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - It was a great surprise. We could not imagine that people in Brazil had a rate of $ 71 per MWh (Megawatt per hour), with an energy coming from Amazon. And these U.S. $ 71 per MWh is included in the broadcast. $ 25 per MWh is only transmission. So in reality, energy is much less than $ 71. So it's a wonderful surprise. It has been a surprise very good St. Anthony. This is a surprise even better because it indicates that we have in the North a viable energy for Brazil. Feasible and inexpensive.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - For St. Anthony, the discount was about to enlighten our readers?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - Look, St. Anthony the discount was greater, but the initial price was higher. Because St. Anthony was the starting price of $ 122 per MWh and the plant went for $ 78. That the initial price, Jirau, was R $ 91 per MWh and the price was $ 71. So in relative terms, in terms of discount, St. Anthony was smaller, but what matters is that the final price is cheaper, despite being a difficult plant because it generates less energy than Jirau St. Anthony. Nevertheless, it was the best deal.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - Now, here I am reading the newspaper Valor and Valor says that Suez Energy consortium was only able to reach that price because it made radical changes in engineering design. These radical changes are radical in that sense, if they are really radical? And there's no problem that can come in terms of change from the original project that may affect the operation of the plant in the future?
Tolmasquim Mauricio - No, no. Were changes in the axis EC power plant construction, which was changed, and it avoids, reduces the level of excavations which have to be done, but it has no major pacts for reducing the cost. Now, in addition, they will be able to anticipate the work. The fact that anticipate the work that enables that energy will be generated in advance to sell to large consumers and thus, they improve their cash flow. So it is very good for the country because the plant is scheduled to start in 2013 and will come in early 2012. We get a year of energy.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - And the catfish were preserved?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - Absolutely. Catfish will be preserved, will be built at two plants that we call a staircase, an elevator that is being discussed, ie the mechanism that allows the fish go from the lower to the highest region in the Andes and spawn there.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - What's next auction is on tap?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - Look, we're working in large plants, with two: with Belo Monte, the rio Xingu, and Parab, there in the Tapajos. So are the two that are viewed. Now you have a number of other auctions that will occur now in July we're doing an auction of bioelectricity, which is a wonderful auction is an auction to contract energy from sugarcane bagasse, which has enormous potential. July 30. It will be an auction that has written many plants, not only in São Paulo, but Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias ...
Paulo Henrique Amorim - But what will be auctioned?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - will be bought and energy generated by bagasse. We'll buy. And you are subscribed, just to get an idea of the importance of this, of course I do not know if it will participate, but the plant on the Madeira, the two plants together are 6400 megawatts. The biomass plant has enrolled about 7000 megawatts. So, has the potential of biomass, the Wood, who is participating in the auction on July 30.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - And the government, when to buy that energy from biomass, will deliver where?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - We all consumers in Brazil will be consuming biomass energy because this energy, every plant that wins the auction, signed a contract with all distributors at the rate of demand of each distributor. So, in our homes, we consume a mix of energy coming from hydroelectric plants, biomass and other stations.
Paulo Henrique Amorim - And today we have the cane as the second largest producer of our energy, is not it?
Mauricio Tolmasquim - Yes, the cane surpassed this year in terms of hydro power generation, meaning there will power to ethanol, the energy is still contained in the cane, she has become an important source in Brazil.
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