Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant
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The Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant ( Portuguese: ''Usina Termelétrica Suzano Maranhão'') is a
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-fired power station inaugurated in April 2014 and located in the city of
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), Tocant ...
, in
Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...
, Brazil. It supplies energy to the
Suzano Papel e Celulose Suzano Papel e Celulose ( English: Suzano Paper and Pulp) is a Brazilian producer of paper and pulp with a presence in over 80 countries. It is the largest paper and pulp company in Latin America and among the biggest producers in the sector. The ...
factory in Imperatriz, which has an annual production capacity of 1.65 million tons of
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.


Structure

The planting of
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in the south of Maranhão,
Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
and
Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...
, as well as the transportation of production through the Itaqui Port in São Luís via the North-South, Carajás and Transnordestina railroads, allowed for the installation of a
thermal power station A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...
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$2.4 billion, in addition to US$575 million allocated to the development of the forestry base.


Energy capacity

The Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant is capable of producing 254.84 MW when operating on a self-production basis. It can provide electricity for its own use and supply the chemical plant for the production of
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,
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, and oxygen. The surplus of 100 MW is exported to the National Interconnected System. As fuel, the power plant uses the
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obtained in the pulp manufacturing process and forestry waste.


See also

*
Suzano Papel e Celulose Suzano Papel e Celulose ( English: Suzano Paper and Pulp) is a Brazilian producer of paper and pulp with a presence in over 80 countries. It is the largest paper and pulp company in Latin America and among the biggest producers in the sector. The ...
* Ponta da Madeira *
Parnaíba Thermal Power Complex The Parnaíba Thermal Power Complex ( Portuguese: ''Complexo Termelétrico Parnaíba'') is a set of thermal power plants located in the Brazilian city of Santo Antônio dos Lopes, in the state of Maranhão. The gas used in power generation is produ ...


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