Brazil's delay culprits barred from solo bids in wind-grid tender

Companies that have fallen behind building Brazilian transmission schemes will be prohibited from making solo bids in the December transmission tender for wind and hydropower projects, but will be allowed to take part in consortia.

The Brazilian electricity regulatory agency, Aneel, has approved a decree for the tender to go ahead on 5 December, which includes a move to bar companies such as state utility Chesf from participating as lead bidders.

Chesf is responsible for building a number of severely delayed transmission lines and substations for wind projects. A total of 2.1GW of wind capacity will be operational but unable to link to the grid next year because of the delays.

The upcoming tender will include transmission lines for wind projects in Rio Grande…

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