Eletronuclear informed on January 15th that Angra nuclear power plant had the best year in its history in 2019, reaching a total generation of 16,128,826 MWh. As a comparison, the volume produced would be sufficient to meet, with a surplus, the consumption of a state the size of Pernambuco or Goiás. Thus, the Brazilian nuclear plants reached the accumulated production of 306.7 million MWh.
The result pointed out the company, in a statement, derives from the performance of each unit. Angra 1 broke its production record, generating 5,546,164 MWh. Besides, it closed the year with a capacity factor of 98.21%, the largest of Brazilian plants, taking into account all generation sources.
Angra 2 also had a considerable performance, generating 10,582,662 MWh, its 8th best mark, in addition to operating with a capacity factor of 89.38%, second only to Angra 1 in this regard, even though it stopped for about a month for refueling fuel.
