Brazil project 512-0274 · 1967 · energy

Loan is provided to the Government of Brazil to expand the Santa Cruz thermal plant of Central Eletrica de Furnas to accommodate anticipated industrial growth. Equipment, materials and services financed under the loan will have their sources and origin in the United States, except Brazilian engineering services in the event of a joint venture. The expansion will involve a net addition of 480 megawatts to the existing l60 megawatt plant, which was originally constructed with A.I.D. financing (project 5120258). This addition will include two 200-megawatt oil-fired turbine generators, a switchyard and a 132-kilovolt substation extension, plus three additional l32-kilovolt transmission circuits on double circuit steel towers to interconnect with the FURNAS system at Jacarepagua. Some 194 additional employees will be added to the power plant staff to accommodate the expansion. Training of these staff members has been under way for about a year as part of the AID-financed first stage project, both locally and at the 464-megawatt Piratininga thermal plant outside of Sao Paulo. Further training under this loan will take place at these locations as well as in the U.S. and Puerto Rico (on a

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAD-828-B1 (1967). The source's own text.