The Governor of Santa Catarina, Jorginho Mello, visited the Jorge Lacerda Thermoelectric Complex in Capivari de Baixo this Thursday morning (09) accompanied by the Secretary of the Civil House, Esténer Soratto da Silva Júnior.
The president of Diamante's Board of Directors, Jorge Nemr, thanked the Governor and other authorities for visiting, and recalled that when Senator, Jorginho acted decisively to enact Law 14,299, which established the Just Energy Transition process in Santa Catarina.
The Company's president, Pedro Litsek, presented in numbers the economic and social importance of the CTJL, which generates R$ 6 billion a year in the economy in Santa Catarina, generates 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, impacting the lives of more than 100,000 people. “However, in order to carry out the transition process as provided for by the Law, we must sign with the federal government the”Reserve Energy Contract” Litsek explained.
The governor was committed to maintaining the partnership between the state and Diamante. “We created a special Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation, where we can help with the development of technologies for the energy sector, in addition to being active in the Federal Energy Transition Commission,” explained Jorginho.
The president of the Brazilian Mineral Coal Association (ABCM), Fernando Luiz Zancan, also attended the event and explained the importance of the Just Energy Transition. “We are the pioneering state of the Energy Transition Law (18,330/22) and we need government support to regulate this Law by bringing coordination to the Civil House, to implement the Santa Catarina TEJ plan of Law 14,299/22 and to collaborate with Just Energy Transition initiatives and Projects,” Zancan pointed out.
On the same occasion, Diamante Geração de Energia was visited by Nebras, Diamante's partner in new investments in the state since last year. The CEO of Nebras in Brazil, Adil Chenaf, spoke of the satisfaction of being in Santa Catarina and the interest in investments in the UTE Norte Catarinense and UTL-D projects, both thermal plants that will use gas as fuel.
