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Guascor invests in engines and increases electricity production in Pará
october/2009
Equipped with high technology, 20 new generators reduce atmospheric emissions, offer better performance and will increase power generation in 2014.
Guascor Brazil has just received from the Spanish Head Office, 20 new generators to increase the productivity of its power plants in Pará. The high technology machinery came to meet a growing demand for electricity in the region, which grows at a rate of 10 % per year. In addition to promoting a 14% increase in installed capacity at its plants in Para, which energy is distributed by Celpa (Para Power Plants), the new engines are more efficient, consume less fuel and are more silent, reducing the impact on the environment.
The acquisition of the engines is part of an investment program of Guascor in Pará, aiming to meet the energy demand up to 2010. The plants at the cities of Breves, Obidos, Oriximiná, Almeirim and Juruti, which will receive the generators groups, will reallocate their part of their current machinery to other 20 plants. The result will be the installation of a larger and more suited infrastructure to the development perspectives of the locations served by Guascor. The company currently operates 23 diesel power plants in the state, totaling 66,800 kW of installed power. With the generator groups just bought, this number jumps to 75 600 kW.
According to Fernando Pinho, director of operations at Guascor of Brazil, the investment will also bring improvements in the quality of energy produced. "We will have lower failure rates and lower emissions of gases in the atmosphere. This is a major concern of Guascor, who has dedicated to developing products with excellence, however always with focus on community and environment", he states.
The new engines which arrived from Zumaya, northern Spain, at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, were transported to Belém by road, and then by fluvial transport up to the destined plants, under a very complex, but well known, logistic operation conducted by Guascor during these 11 years operating in the North region. Now, the engines that today operate in the plants will go through standard repair at Guascor"s Centre of Operation and Maintenance in Belém, and then taken to other plants, also by fluvial transport. This whole process of transport, repair and installation of the engines should be concluded by mid-October.
New Guascor generators group - The cabined generators group purchased by Guascor Brazil are the SF-360 model, with 853 kW and are part of Guascor"s new engines" line developed in Spain. Will be taken to Breves (10 engines), Óbidos (6 engines), Oriximiná (2 engines), Almeirim (1 engine) and Juruti (1 engine).
Guascor Brazil Mission / Profile ? Bring electricity to places away from the urban centers and of difficult access. This is the main task of Guascor Brazil. The company meets the energy demand either from distant consumers and those who need specific solutions, as industries and commerce. In Brazil, since 1997, the company is a strong presence in the North, where there are 68 thermoelectric plants distributed among cities in the States of Acre, Pará and Rondonia, benefitting more than 1,5 million people.
Among Guascor"s customers and partners are Embraer, CEG (Cia Estadual de Gás do Rio de Janeiro), IGW, Latapack (Jacareí), Silimed (Rio de Janeiro), CEEE (Cia Estadual de Energia Elétrica do Rio Grande do Sul), Escelsa (Espírito Santo Centrais Elétricas), Ceron (Rondônia), Eletroacre (Acre), Celpa (Pará), Brennand Energia and AES.
About Guascor Group - Guascor Group started in Spain in the year of 1966, manufacturing marine engines and propulsion equipment. The excellent performance of their products and outstanding company"s growth has encouraged diversification of business and markets.
Currently, Guascor Group is present in 30 countries, recognized worldwide for developing high technology for different applications the energy/power sector, such as ? manufacture of engines and energy generation and co-generation systems | - plants" installation, operation and maintenance | - renewable energy sources (wind, solar, biomass) | - Small Hydro Powers (PCHs) | - projects to reduce environmental impact with energetic valorization / energy recovery | - generation at isolated areas (with Guascor Brazil).
