Jirau Hydro Power Plant

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Porto Velho, Rondônia State, Brazil .

Jirau Hydro Power Plant

The Jirau Hydro Power Plant Project, located at the Ilha do Padre at the Madeira River (hereafter referred to as JHPP or “the Project”) developed by Energia Sustentável do Brasil S.A. (ESBR or referred to as “the Project Developer”) consists of the installation of a new grid-connected renewable run-of-river hydropower plant, situated in Rondônia State, in the North Region of Brazil (hereafter referred to as the “Host Country”). The project comprises the installation of 50 Bulb turbines with an installed capacity of 75 MW each, reaching an overall nominal capacity of 3,750 MW. The JHPP is connected to the national Interconnected Grid System (Sistema Interligado Nacional – SIN) through three 500 kV transmission lines. The Project is expected to reduce an annual average of greenhouse gas emission equal to 4,320,316 tCO2e and a total of 30,242,212 tCO2e during the second crediting period.

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