Porto do Pecem power station

Porto do Pecem I is a 720 MW coal-fired power station situated in Sao Goncalo do Amarante, in the northeastern Ceara state of Brazil. Brazilian energy company MPX Energia SA and power holding company EDP Energias no Brasil each hold a 50 per cent stake in the station, which received permission from the Brazilian authorities to begin testing the first coal unit in January 2012.

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