CHINA'S STATE GRID TO CONSTRUCT LONGEST TRANSMISSION LINE IN BRAZIL AS PART OF BELO MONTE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

Published:2015-07-28

The State Grid Corp. of China has been awarded a contract to build and operate a second transmission line as part of Brazil's massive Belo Monte hydroelectric power complex.

The US$2.2 billion line will be an 800kV, 2,550-kilometer-long link -- the country's longest -- that will run from the 11.2-GW Belo Monte in north Brazil to Rio de Janeiro in the southeast. The deal also includes the construction of two new substations.

 

SITE MAP

World Time

  • SENEGAL | DAKAR:11.23 21:03

  • NIGERIA | LAGOS:11.23 22:03

  • EGYPT | CAIRO:11.23 23:03

  • UAE | DUBAI:11.24 01:03

  • SRI LANKA | COLOMBO:11.24 02:33

  • SINGAPORE:11.24 05:03

  • ENGLAND | LONDON:11.23 22:03

  • RUSSIA | MOSCOW:11.24 01:03

  • CHINA | BEIJING:11.24 05:03

  • AMERICA | Los Angels:11.23 14:03

  • AMERICA | New York:11.23 17:03

  • BRAZIL | San Paulo:11.23 18:03