Brazil project 512-0236 · 1965 · energy

LOAN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANHIA HIDROELECTRICA DE BOA ESPERANCA (COHEBE) FOR A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT AT BOA ESPERANCA IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL AND A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR THE PLANT SERVING THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE STATES OF PIAUI AND MARANHAO. THE LOAN WILL ASSIST IN FINANCING THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE ANDLOCAL COSTS OF (A) ENGINEERING SERVICES, (B) GOODS AND RELATED SERVICES FOR THE POWER HOUSE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, (C) MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PROCURED BY COHEBE, AND (D) TRAINING IN THE US AND PUERTO RICO FOR COHEBE PERSONNEL. GOB WILL FINANCE 81.5% OF PROJECT COSTS INCLUDING ALL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. THE INITIAL PLANT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 108 MV WHICH CAN BE EXPANDED WITH ADDITIONAL GENERATING UNITS. THE ULTIMATE FIRM CAPACITY OF THE GENERATING PLANT IN A NORMAL WATER YEAR WILL BE 155 MW AND 745 MILLION KWH PER YEAR. THE DAM, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE 8/64, WILL BE OF A ROCK FILL TYPE WITH AN IMPERVIOUS EARTH CORE, 5,850 METERS LONG AND WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 53 METERS. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE DAM, TWO SPILLWAYS, INTAKE, PENSTOCKS, POWER HOUSE, TAILRACE, STEP-UP SUBSTATION, AND AN INITIAL 600 MILE, 230 KV AND 69 KV TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH STEP-DOWN SUBSTATIONS AT L

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAA-271-B1 (1965). The source's own text.