en.Wedoany.com Reported - Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has approved the resumption of commercial operations for hydropower plants totaling 88.4 megawatts (MW) and authorized testing for a generating unit at the Manaus I Thermal Power Plant (UTE Manaus I), a winning project from the 2022 Electric Capacity Reserve Auction (LRCe).

These approvals were published in ordinances in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) on June 12 and 15.

Axia Energia received authorization to resume commercial operations for unit UG04 (80 MW) of the Porto Colômbia Hydropower Plant. The plant is located in the municipalities of Planura and Guaíra, between the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The turbine had been out of service since March 4, 2024, for modernization, following serious accidents in December 2022 and November 2023. Aneel had suspended its operations in January of this year.

Additionally, units UG1 to UG5 (totaling 8.4 MW) of the Joasal Hydropower Plant (UHE Joasal), held by Cemig Geração Sul, were approved to resume commercial operations. The plant, located in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, had its operations suspended due to floods that struck the state in February 2026, which submerged and damaged critical equipment.

Regarding testing, in the municipality of Manaus, Amazonas state, unit UG02 (57.4 MW) of the Manaus I Thermal Power Plant (UTE Manaus I), operated by Global Participações em Energia, was authorized for testing. The asset's authorization is valid until December 31, 2041. This project is one of three winning projects from the 2022 Electric Capacity Reserve Auction (LRCe), which procured reserve capacity from natural gas-fired thermal power plants over a 15-year term, with power supply starting on December 31, 2026.

Aneel also approved the start of testing for unit UG1 (10 MW) of the Alvorada Bioenergia Thermal Power Plant (UTE Alvorada Bioenergia), located in the municipality of Canarana, Mato Grosso state, using biomass fuel and steam turbine technology. In the municipalities of Coronel Ezequiel and Picuí, between the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, Casa dos Ventos received approval to test unit UG01 (4.5 MW) of the São Rafael 11 Wind Farm. This wind farm is part of the Serra do Tigre complex, which consists of 12 wind farms with a total capacity of 756 MW. Construction began in the fourth quarter of 2023, and full commercial operations are expected this year.

In terms of commercial operations, units UG1 to UG13 (totaling 0.97 MW) of the UFV APE Supermercado Planalto Photovoltaic Plant, located in the municipality of Umuarama, Paraná state, were approved to begin commercial operations.

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