Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant
The Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Usina Termelétrica Suzano Maranhão'') is a biomass-fired power station inaugurated in April 2014 and located in the city of Imperatriz, in Maranhão, Brazil. It supplies energy to the Suzano Papel e Celulose factory in Imperatriz, which has an annual production capacity of 1.65 million tons of Pulp (paper), pulp. Structure The planting of eucalyptus in the south of Maranhão, Pará and Tocantins, as well as the transportation of production through the Porto do Itaqui, Itaqui Port in São Luís via the North-South Railway (Brazil), North-South, Carajás Railway, Carajás and São Luís-Teresina Railway, Transnordestina railroads, allowed for the installation of a thermal power station in Imperatriz. The Suzano Papel e Celulose also built a 28-kilometre railroad branch line that runs from inside the thermal power station to the North-South railroad. There was an industrial investment estimated at US$2. ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Imperatriz
Imperatriz is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. The city extends along the northeastern bank of the Tocantins River and is crossed by the Belém-Brasília Highway, standing on the border with the state of Tocantins (state), Tocantins. Economy Most of the city's active labor is absorbed by the commerce and services. In spite of that, the primary and secondary sectors, specially agribusiness, still play an important role in the local economy. The farming of livestock supplies local slaughterhouses, which in turn allows Imperatriz to export meat to other states in Brazil and abroad. In addition to food processing and agribusiness, construction and non-metallic mineral processing are important. The area's most important crops are soy, rice and cassava. Recently, sugar cane has become important as well. According to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE, Imperatriz has a total of 5,657 commercial and 730 industrial enterprises. The city is served by ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]