Power project close to completion

Ultrahigh voltage venture in Brazil to improve clean energy transmission

The second phase of the Belo Monte ultrahigh voltage power project in Brazil, spanning more than 2,500 kilometers and with some 4,500 base towers, is likely to start commercial operations by the third quarter of this year, according to the State Grid Corp of China, the operator of the project.

The project, which is currently under system debugging, is the longest 800kV ultrahigh voltage electricity transmission project worldwide and spans 78 cities in Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro and across the huge Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon area of the populous center-south region.