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GE Providiing Technologies to Brazil's Power Sector
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April 11, 2014

GE Providiing Technologies to Brazil's Power Sector

By Madhubanti Rudra
TMCnet Contributor

Brazil is going to host two important international events in quick succession—the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016. With the country’s rising prominence in the global economy, the country is experiencing a steep surge in the domestic consumption of electricity.  Utilities find themselves in the extremely challenging position of making investments for the upgrading and modernization of the country’s power grid.


Capitalizing in the wave, GE made a grand entrance in Brazil’s power infrastructure market. The company reportedly forged strategic partnership with Brazil’s prominent utility companies Furnas and Triangulo Mineiro Transmissora (TMT)/Geoenergia. Under the terms of partnership, GE will aid these two companies in their grid modernization efforts by providing them with advanced protection and control equipment. GE’s technical expertise is expected to help address a plethora of transmission line and maintenance issues that keep cropping up from time to time, disrupting the electric supply process.

Furnas is one of the biggest utilities in Latin America and is responsible for power transmission in south, southeast and mid-west Brazil, while TMT is a collaborative utility composed of Furnas and FIP Milão. The modernization project kicked off with TMT winning Brazil's ANEEL transmission auctions four months back.

The transmission line auctions have great significance for the future of Brazil's utility sector, as it allowed for a number of utility companies to embark on an ambitious grid modernization process. Together with leading Brazilian utilities such as Furnas, GE is playing an important part in this historical transformation.

“This collaboration with Furnas brings together a mix of the utility's local market knowledge and our technical expertise to provide the solutions needed to modernize Brazil's electric grid,” van Erven added.

GE's Digital Energy business will provide protection, control and communications systems as well as offer consultation on engineering and configuration. GE will also provide panels, factory and site-acceptance tests, as well as training for substation engineers to ensure reliable operation.

In addition, GE is providing its technologies for the new 297-kilometer, 500-kilovolt transmission line being built from the Marimbondo II substation in Minas Gerais to the Assis substation in São Paulo.

“By combining the expertise of both GE and TMT, we are helping Brazil's utility sector improve the reliability of the grid and transport more reliable power to fast growth regions. To help meet Brazil's future energy needs, GE is providing its full range of solutions-from commissioning to installation to retroactive services-to ensure Brazilian 


Edited by Maurice Nagle


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