14.06.2011

Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant to conserve indigenous lands

The construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant, in the Northern state of Pará, Brazil, the license for which was awarded on June 1 by the Institute of Natural Resources and the Environm...
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04.05.2011

Norte Energia hands over school to Anapu

Norte Energia S.A. handed over to the municipality of Anapu, in the Xingu River region (in the Brazilian state of Pará), the expansion and renovation of the José Andrade Silva School, in Belo Monte ...
  • Regional Development
28.04.2011

Norte Energia hands over vehicles to three municipalities in the Belo Monte area

In the next few days, three municipalities in the Belo Monte Dam Complex’s area of influence are going to receive vehicles to improve the services they each offer to their populations. The initiatives of Norte Energia – the company responsiblie for bulding the plant – meet the social and environmental constraints established ...
  • Regional Development
26.04.2011

Why Belo Monte?

1. Hydroelectricity alternative The Brazilian electricity system is based mainly on hydroelectricity, complemented by thermal power and by other alternative energy sources – such as energy from wind, from small hydroelectric plants and from biomass. Considering all energy sources available for generating electricity, hydroelect...
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26.04.2011

Municipal Training and Qualification Programme for Public Managers

From April 22 on, Norte Energia S. A. – through the Instituto de Educação e Gestão Pública/Escola de Gestão Pública – offers a training and qualification course aimed at public managers from the 11 municipalities of the Xingu region. The course continues until December this year and is made up of 22 thematic modules whic...
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Norte Energia S.A. is made up of state and private companies in the electrical, contracting, pension funds and investment sectors as well as self-producing companies, to build and operate the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam Complex on the Xingu River in the State of Par. The plant will have an installed capacity of 11,233.1 MW of electrical energy, at an average of 4,571 MW per year.

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