The Professional Counselor: May 2012

May 9, 2012

Good News for the Clean Energy Sector of Brazil

According to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil will not start building any new nuclear plant by 2021, and this term should be extended until 2030.

The priority is development and growth of the country's energy matrix through expansion of hydroelectric generation, doubling of wind power installed, and implementation of solar energy (PV) in short term.

Marcus Parpinelli

May 4, 2012

In the shadow of Brazilian Sun, the competition has already begun ...

RIO ALTO ENERGIA has a project ready and licensed of 50 MW of "Concentrated Solar Power", supplemented by Biomass generation, located in Coremas in the state of Paraiba, waiting for the first Solar Auction of the Brazilian Government in 2013.

This project was developed with a mix concept of generation, ie, produce Solar energy during the day and of Biomass during the night, and with a capacity factor greater than photovoltaics.

With this concept of generation, RIO ALTO intends to sell energy in the Government Auction for a price of approximately R$ 180 / MWh (US $ 95 / MWh), ie, well below the R$ 300 / MWh (US $ 158 / MWh) estimated for solar photovoltaics.

The total investment of this project will be for approximately R$ 400 million (US $ 210 million) and the earthworks of the land have already begun.

Congratulations to RIO ALTO, for this initiative ...

Marcus Parpinelli

Engineer, Manager and Consultant Marcus Vinicius Parpinelli

Professional with multidisciplinary experience, specialized in the management of companies, projects and engineering services, and business and highly complex contracts in various areas. This experience was formed over more than thirty years of works carried out responsibly and successfully in Brazil and also in other countries.

From March 1994 to May 2012, as chief executive of the REDS, was responsible for directing and carrying out major projects and consultancies, and total management (technical, operational and financial) of major contracts for engineering services, mainly in the sectors of energy (electrical, nuclear, oil and gas), infrastructure (special projects, basic sanitation and PAC) and environmental and sustainability (TAC). Even in the period December 2005 to July 2011, participated in the restructuring of the engineering company "ECONTEP", accumulating the position of Chief Operating in the same, and commanding a workforce of over 1000 direct employees, to provide services to large customers in the Brazilian market, among which are: "PETROBRAS", "ELETROBRAS", "ELETRONUCLEAR“ and "BAHIAGÁS".

Before March 1994, participated directly in managing the development and expansion of the British consulting company "MACKENZIE HILL" in South America (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago), the restructuring of the consulting firm "MARKA PARTICIPAÇÕES“ (subsidiary of Banco Marka), and major engineering projects and developments (residential, commercial and industrial) that after enabled (technical, economic and financial) were implanted in Brazil and other countries.