Elecnor, through its subsidiary Elecnor do Brazil, is constructing a 200-km long electricity transmission line for EUR18.5 million (US$21.5 million). The project, called Solaris, is being promoted by Sterlite Power Transmission Limited.
The project guarantees that the solar power plants in the north of the state of Minas Gerais are connected to the National Interconnected System. It will reinforce the transmission network with a capacity of 1.6 GW and will help to improve economic development in this region of the country. The first section to be built by Elecnor will stretch into the municipalities of Janaúba and Jaíba. It will be a 93-km 230 kV double-circuit transmission line. The second section will link Pirapora with Três Marias by a 112-km 345 kV single-circuit transmission line.
To build this infrastructure, Elecnor has joined forces with Sterlite Power. It is estimated that the development of this project will create around 640 jobs and will be in operation in 2022.
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