Santa Cruz power station (Brazil)

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Santa Cruz power station (Brazil) (Usina Termelétrica Santa Cruz) is an operating power station of at least 500-megawatts (MW) in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santa Cruz power station (Brazil) Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -22.914269, -43.765292 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: -22.914269, -43.765292

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[1][2][3] fossil gas: natural gas[4][5][1][6] 500[7][2][3] combined cycle[7][2][3] not found 2023[4][5][2][3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
1 Furnas Centrais Elétricas SA [100%][5][1] Eletrobras SA [100.0%]

Background

The Santa Cruz power plant currently has two gas-fired units, installed in 2004 and 2010, respectively; each unit has 175 MW of generating capacity.[8][9] Plans call for the plant to convert to a combined cycle system with the addition of a 150-megawatt steam turbine.[9][10] According to the website of plant owner Eletrobras Furnas, the combined cycle addition was scheduled for completion in April 2021.[8] As of May 2022, work on the new steam turbine was said to be 98% complete.[11] However, as of November 2022, Brazil's government database still listed a capacity of 350 MW for the Santa Cruz power plant, implying that the plant had not yet begun operating in combined cycle mode.[12]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125152719/https://dadosabertos.aneel.gov.br/dataset/siga-sistema-de-informacoes-de-geracao-da-aneel/resource/11ec447d-698d-4ab8-977f-b424d5deee6a. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125101126/https://clickpetroleoegas.com.br/usina-termeletrica-no-rj-testes-sao-concluidos-pela-oec-e-tenenge-na-ute-santa-cruz-agora-o-empreendimento-esta-pronto-para-contribuir-com-o-sistema-interligado-nacional/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125101118/https://novonor.com/pt/noticias/oec-e-tenenge-concluem-testes-e-ute-santa-cruz-esta-pronta-para-fornecer-energia-ao-sistema-interligado-nacional. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090909/https://www.camara.leg.br/internet/comissao/index/mista/orca/orcamento/OR2020/Fiscobras2019/anexo/SINTETICOS/Sint%C3%A9tico_2019_65.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090921/https://www.furnas.com.br/subsecao/138. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090130/https://energiaeambiente.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/termeletricas_IEMA_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125101206/https://www.oec-eng.com/pt-br/noticias/ute-santa-cruz-gera-energia-pela-primeira-vez. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Usina de Santa Cruz - 350 MW". FURNAS. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "www.camara.leg.br/internet/comissao/index/mista/orca/orcamento/OR2020/Fiscobras2019/anexo/SINTETICOS/Sint%C3%A9tico_2019_65.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  10. "Termelétrica Santa Cruz chega modernizada aos 51 anos". Eletrobras Furnas. May 13, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20221126180522/https://www.oec-eng.com/pt-br/noticias/consorcio-santa-cruz-recebe-visita-tecnica. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "SIGA - ANEEL". SeTIC-UFSC. Retrieved 2022-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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