Agência Brasil*
Rio de Janeiro – In Campos Elíseos, district in the city of Duque de Caxias, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, was held this morning (31) the inauguration of the Governador Leonel Brizola Thermoelectric Plant. Built together with the Duque de Caxias Refinery (Reduc), TermoRio has the capacity of producing 1,040 MW.
The start of operations will allow the state of Rio de Janeiro, which up until 1999 imported about 60% of the electrical power consumed, to have a surplus of 20% in its capacity of generating electricity in relation to consumption. The investment in building the plant, the largest natural gas powered thermoelectric plant in the country, was of US$ 740 million.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
