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Perrine and Julien
currently in France
Marc and Laure
currently in France
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A week in the South of Brazil |
09/12/2010 |
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This week, after a connexion in Rio on the way back from the North of Brazil , we went to the South : state of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul. After the hydro power plants, let’s make a tour of thermal ones ! |
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Monday November 29
Copacabana beach in the early hours. Unfortunately, GDF SUEZ has not yet a power plant on this place so we just took a picture before joining offices in the center of Rio.…
Tuesday November 30
During the early morning and the late afternoon, a car of each Rio’s metro admit only women. For obvious reasons, the team had to split during this run…
Wednesday December 1
At Jorge Lacerda Complex, city of Tubarão, state of Santa Catarina. The power plant is the largest coal-fired plant in Latin America. 857 MW of installed capacity, 7 generation units: being there was just amazing (and also pleasant regarding to the warm welcoming we had).
Thursday December 2
Tracebel Energia is strongly involved in several associations for children in Tubarão. Don’t think Laure has become fluent in portuguese : at the moment the picture was taken, she was just smiling because she was understanding nothing about what the little girl was saying…
Friday December 3
At Lages, behind the term “biomass power plant”, there are a lot of wood … allowing an installed capacity of 28 MW. By using wastes of the regional wood industry, the plant can benefit from credit carbon. It was the first one of this kind in Brazil to do that!
Saturday December 4 and Sunday December 5
People said to us : the weather is good in Brazil. Did some guys lie to us ? Two days in Florianopolis, two days of rain, real good rain. The visit of the city was short…
2 comments on this post
corine
10/12/2010
De retour à Bruxelles, il est temps de vous féliciter pour vos reportages de cette première période; celui des noix de cocos, prodigieusement pédagogique, restera dans les mémoires, et les autres tout aussi enrichissants. Bravo, continuez!
The Energy Tellers
10/12/2010
Un grand merci pour ces mots d’encouragement ! Nous tenterons de rester dans l’esprit Coprah alors ! A très bientôt sur le blog.