Rains cause flooding of substation in Rio Grande do Sul 

Eletrosul guarantees that there was no compromise in energy supply
Rains cause flooding of substation in Rio Grande do Sul
Nova Santa Rita substation flooded due to rain, Photo: Disclosure/WhatsApp

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row _border_radius=” none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_ padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position =”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inher it=”default ” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]The Nova Santa Rita substation, one of the main energy transmission structures in Rio Grande do Sul, was flooded this Monday (20) due to the heavy rains that occurred in the State.

The water ended up ending up at the energy substation when the Caí River flooded, which is about two kilometers away from the unit. Monitoring images from the substation showed river waters covering the area. 

According to Eletrosul, despite the flooding, the substation operates within safety levels, through the company's Electrical System Operation Center, in Florianópolis (SC).

The company also informed that it continues to monitor the situation in real time to ensure that power outages do not occur in the State and that it also monitors the gradual reduction in water levels in the area. [/vc_column_text]

The substation

Located in the municipality of the same name, in Rio Grande do Sul, the Nova Santa Rita Substation was inaugurated on April 3, 2006 for commercial operation. An important energy transmitter for the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and for the SIN (National Interconnected System), the unit has an installed power of 2.688 MVA.

The space has four reactor banks of 150 MVAr each and five 525 kV transmission lines: Gravataí, Campos Novos, Itá 1 and 2, and Povo Novo (TSLE); in addition to nine 230 kV LTs: Camaquã 3, Lajeado 2 (CEEE), Itauba (CEEE), Petrochemical Pole (CEEE), Cidade Industrial 1, 2 and 3 (CEEE), and Sharla 2, circuits 1 and 2 (Iesul) .

Control of the substation is carried out by the CGT Eletrosul Regional Operation Center, in Nova Santa Rita. Services at the unit are carried out by teams from the Rio Grande do Sul Maintenance Region, based in Gravataí.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Photo by Henrique Hein
Henrique Hein
He worked at Correio Popular and Rádio Trianon. He has experience in podcast production, radio programs, interviews and reporting. Has been following the solar sector since 2020.

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  1. Just make a dam, mud, raise the earth around it and pump the water from the inside to the outside, there are no communicating vessels, simple and effective. At a time of extreme risk and high impact, with serious damage to the economy and daily life, generally in more than 52% of the state's municipalities, is this it? Let it happen and see?

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