{"id":271121,"date":"2010-02-03T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2010-02-03T12:16:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T17:16:31","slug":"brazil-boosts-clean-gas-in-the-amazon-wind-in-the-east-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/271121","title":{"rendered":"Brazil boosts clean gas in the Amazon; wind in the East"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>A drive for cleaner energy is revving up in Brazil. In the Amazon, an ambitious project aimed at replacing power plants running on heavy fuel-oil with new, cleaner-burning natural gas engines from GE’s ecomagination<\/a> line of more energy efficient technologies is underway. While near the eastern coast, two new power projects will mark the debut of GE\u2019s wind turbines in the country.<\/p>\n

\"The
\nGoing with the flow:<\/span> The natural gas will be delivered by a new pipeline connecting the oil and gas fields of Urucu in the north with Manaus, northern Brazil\u2019s second-largest city, pictured above. The goal of the Amazon project is to create a more reliable energy source for the country\u2019s northern regions while at the same time helping Brazil to reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by between 36.1 and 38.9 percent from projected amounts in 2020.<\/div>\n

Breitener Energ\u00e9tica will install 46 of GE\u2019s low-emission Jenbacher gas engine <\/a>generator sets — 23 units at each plant site. The power company cited GE\u2019s expanded gas engine manufacturing center in Jenbach, Austria, for having the engine production capacity needed to meet the power company\u2019s delivery and construction schedules — which call for the units to arrive in April.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia, both near the country\u2019s northeastern coast, commitments have just been made to use GE\u2019s wind turbines<\/a> — marking the ecomagination technology\u2019s debut in the country.<\/p>\n

\"Both
\nBig fans of Brazil:<\/span> Both energy developers, DESA and Renova, chose GE\u2019s 1.5 megawatt class of wind turbines \u2013 of which more than 13,500 are installed globally. They’re expected to be in commercial operation by July of 2012. \u201cThis is Renova\u2019s first move into the wind business and we were concerned about reliability and efficiency in our choice of technology,\u201d said Vasco Barcellos, CEO of Renova Energia. \u201cGE understood our needs and brought its technical teams to work close with us in the final steps of development of our projects.\u201d Added Lindolfo Zimmer, CEO of DESA, \u201cWind farms are relatively new to the Brazilian energy market. We built a partnership with GE focused on getting the best technology matched with our technical needs.\u201d<\/div>\n

Brazil has relied heavily on hydropower for its electricity supply. But the country has vast, untapped wind resources, thanks in large part to strong wind conditions along the country\u2019s 4,600-mile coastline.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, further north, Mexico City is also jumping into cleaner energy in a big way by using GE\u2019s gas turbine technology<\/a>, which is also part of the ecomagination portfolio, to convert a conventional power plant into the first large-scale cogeneration plant in Mexico. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat using a single fuel such as natural gas. The process harnesses heat that would otherwise be wasted \u2013 and it also results in what\u2019s known as higher thermal efficiency, which in turn allows carbon dioxide emissions to be substantially reduced.<\/p>\n

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\"GE
\nCleaner and meaner:<\/span> GE Energy<\/span><\/a> will supply two Frame 7FA gas turbines<\/span><\/a> to a plant in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. The latest version of the turbine is pictured above. In addition, GE has signed a 20-year Contractual Service Agreement to provide a full range of plant services.<\/div>\n

The Mexico City operation will not only offer increased efficiency, but will supply process steam to one of the country\u2019s most important natural gas complexes. In 2008, the Mexican Congress passed legislation that calls for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent below 2002 levels by the year 2050.<\/p>\n

The government is promoting combined heat and power, or cogeneration, as an energy efficient option to help meet the country\u2019s energy goals.<\/p>\n

* Read the Amazon power project announcement<\/a>
\n* Read the Brazil wind turbine announcement<\/a>
\n* Read the Mexico cogeneration plant announcement<\/a>
\n* Read \u201cGE Helps Brazilian Amazon Go Green<\/a>\u201d in Forbes<\/p>\n

Learn more about GE in Brazil in these GE Reports stories:
\n* \u201cBrazil\u2019s turbines sweetly hum with sugar-based ethanol<\/a>\u201d
\n* \u201cThe sugar-land express: Brazil orders 50 locomotives<\/a>\u201d
\n* \u201cBrazil\u2019s new Azul airline inks $1B services deal with GE<\/a>\u201d
\n* \u201cGE wins $250 million offshore drilling contract in Brazil<\/a>\u201d<\/div>\n

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