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Mirador Dam Profile

Location

Countries: Brasil
Basins: Araguaia - Tocantins
Rivers: Tocantinzinho

Project Information

Capacity: 80 MW
Flooded Area: 52 Km2
Affected People (official): 60
Cost: R$ 207.0 million
Operational Status: Planned
Companies Involved: Energética -Tech Consultoria Ltda. / Furnas Centrais Elétricas S/A / JP Engenharia Ltda. / PCE Projetos e Consultoria de Engenharia Ltda. / Rialma S/A Centrais Elétricas Rio das Almas / Schahin Engenharia Ltda.

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Companies:

  • Furnas is a federal state-owned company controlled by the holding Eletrobrás. 
  • PCE Projetos e Consultoria de Engenharia Ltda. is a member of the group Schahin.

Municipalities affected:

Alto Paraíso de Goiás (GO), Colinas do Sul (GO), Niquelândia (GO) e São João D'Aliança (GO).

* Indigenous people affected:

Avá-Canoeiro

* information from "Electric power generation and transmission: the impact on indigenous peoples in Brazil" - Sergio Koifman (Fiocruz).

Protection areas affected:

  • Pouso Alto Environmental Protection Area.
  • Campo Alegre Private Natural Heritage Reserve.
  • Chapada dos Veadreiros National Park (indirect impact).

Links:

  • Mirador threatens Veadeiros once again.
  • Integrated Study of the Tocantinho River Basin.
  • The Environmental Importance of the Chapada Veadeiros Region
  • Electric power generation and transmission: the impact on indigenous peoples in Brazil

Source:

  • Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel)
  • Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) do governo federal
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