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Belo Monte
Belo Monte
GE Renewable wins contract to maintain Belo Monte hydropower plants
GE Renewable Energy’s hydropower business has signed a five-year contract with Norte Energia covering the full scope of routine, planned and corrective maintenance at the 11.233 GW Belo Monte hydropower plant and its complementary 233 MW Pimental powerhouse. Belo Monte, on the Xingu River in Para State, began dispatching electricity to Brazil’s grid in April 2016. The Belo Monte power
Reducing flows from 11.233-GW Belo Monte plant could cost consumers US$240 million
01.28.2021
Belo Monte
Brazil’s Light is “actively working” on divestment program, including hydro
11.17.2020
Upgrading data center capacity at 11.2-GW Belo Monte’s hydro plant
01.22.2020
Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydro project approved for full operations
11.20.2019
Fire in warehouse at 11.233-GW Belo Monte hydro plant in Brazil
02.13.2019
Brazil’s Cemig delays sale of Belo Monte shares
04.10.2018
Belo Monte
Belo Monte
Corruption probe into Belo Monte hydro contract continues with new warrants
The Brazilian Federal Police have launched the 49th phase of what they are calling Operation Lava Jato (Car Wash) or Operation Buona Fortuna (the new stage), by…
Belo Monte hydro plant capacity at 3.2 GW after 11th turbine brought online
Norte Energia announces it has brought the 11th turbine-generator unit online at its 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydro plant, bringing total operating capacity to 3.2 GW…
Court suspends 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant’s operating license
The operating license for Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric plant has been suspended by a federal court following allegations that the project’s owners …
Belo Monte
Norte Energia, 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower facility development group, selling shares
The controlling group of investors in the US$26 billion 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower facility being constructed on the Xingu River in Para, Brazil, are seeking…
Third unit operating at 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower facility in Brazil
The third unit at the Belo Monte hydropower facility, with a capacity of 611 MW, was cleared to start operating Nov. 2 by Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (…
Brazilian federal court suspends operating license for 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant
A Brazilian federal court has suspended an operating license for the 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, stating that its developers have failed to provide …
Belo Monte hydropower plant operator slapped by Brazilian feds
Norte Energia, operator of Brazil’s Belo Monte, has been ordered to pay close to US$4.4 million in "moral damages" to those near the 11.2 GW hydropowe…
First unit approved at Belo Monte-associated Pimental hydropower plant
Commercial start-up of the first generator at the 233-MW Pimental hydropower plant has been approved by Aneel in Brazil….
Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric project enters commercial operation
The first generating units at Belo Monte’s 11,200-MW Belo Monte hydroelectric plant have begun commercial operation, according to a statement from development g…
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