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Brazil to construct nuclear plants

Brazilan Energy Minister Edison Lobao has unveiled plans to build four more nuclear plants to increase the nation's nuclear power-generation capacity. Brazil has two...

Enel Green Power secures concession for construction of wind farm in Chile

Enel Green Power, through its subsidiary Enel Chile, has taken part in the tender to attain concession of public lands for the construction of...

Yuncan Hydroelectric Project

The 130MW Yuncan Hydroelectric project is now producing 901GWh of electrical power per year. The project covers areas in the Paucartambo and Huachรณn Districts...

Uruguaiana

The 600MW Uruguaiana combined-cycle thermal power plant has been constructed by AES America at a cost of $350 million. Located in Uruguaiana in the...

Siemens 830MW, Campana

Siemens Power Generation supplied two turnkey 830MW combined-cycle power plants in Argentina. A Siemens-led consortium constructed the plants in Campana in the province of...

Santo Antonio Hydroelectric Plant

The Santo Antonio Hydroelectric Plant is being constructed on the river Madeira, at Port Velho in the state of Rondรดnia, Brazil. Construction began in...

San Isidro II 400MW GTCC

MHI is building a 400MW gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power plant for Endesa at San Isidro II, Chile. The natural-gas/oil-fired plant is estimated to...

Salto Caxias Hydroelectric Power Plant

In December 1998, the Salto Caxias Power Plant came onstream. The hydro plant, on the river Iguaรงu in Brazil, provides more than 6,500MW of...

Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam

Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam is the largest operational hydroelectric energy producer in the world, with an installed generation capacity of 14GW. The plant is operated...

Itรก Hydroelectric Power Plant

The 1,450MW Itรก hydroelectric project was at the time of construction the largest public works project in Brazil. It was the largest of several...