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French utility company Suez, Spain's Endesa and banks including Santander filed to bid for a major electricity project in Brazil's Amazon, the country's electricity regulator said on Friday.

Brazil has given the initial go-ahead for the construction of two hydro-electric dams to be built on the longest tributary of the Amazon River.

The Madeira River projects have divided opinion even within government and in recent years have been one of the most environmentally sensitive issues.

Brasília - O aviso do edital para o leilão de energia da Usina Hidrelétrica de Santo Antônio, que será construída no Rio Madeira, em Rondônia, foi publicado hoje (1º) no Diário Oficial da União. O leilão deve ser realizado no dia 10 de dezembro.

 

Brasília - A study on the possibilities of building hydroelectric dams
on the Xingu River, which flows through Mato Grosso and Pará states,
has been delivered to the National Electrical Energy Agency (ANEEL).

Studies for the document, which the Federal Attorney´s office (MPF)

Opinião do equipe técnico do Ibama com recomendação de novos estudos, e rechaçando licenciamento do Complexo rio Madeira

Schemes for Dozens of Dams on Tributaries Would Choke River, Stifle Opposition

World Rivers Review, June 2006

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