Karin Regina Luchesi

CERAN-Companhia Energética Rio das Antas is a Brazilian company that offers opportunities for researchers to develop studies related to hydroelectric power plants, environment, energy generation, and energy efficiency through its Research and Development Program. The company also organizes the Ceran Environmental Week to promote sustainability and raise awareness about environmental care among students. CERAN operates the Rio das Antas Energy Complex, which supplies thousands of people in the Northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul, preserves the region's nature and historical heritage, and generates income for the surrounding municipalities. The company is ultimately controlled by the Government of China.

Foz do Chapecó Energia SA generates hydroelectric power. The company is based in Florianopolis, Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 1984. Paulo Eduardo de Almeida Godoy has been the CEO of the company since 2010. Foz do Chapecó Energia was acquired by CPFL Energia SA, part of the Government of China, on August 09, 2006 for $4.03 million.

Campos Novos Energia SA engages in hydroelectric power generation. Its solutions include operation, maintenance, and management of Campos Novos hydroelectric power plant. The company was founded on August 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Campos Novos, Brazil.

The construction of a hydroelectric dam on the river Pelotas, between the towns of Anita Garibaldi (Santa Catarina) and Pinhal da Serra (RS), was the reason that motivated the companies Alcoa Aluminio SA, Camargo Correa Cements S / A, Company Brasileira de Aluminio, Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (Generation) and DME Energética Ltda. to form BAESA (Energética Barra Grande SA) on September 27, 2001. Besides the objective of generating power, the reality showed that, in parallel, are being generated jobs, income, opportunities, quality of life, motivation, perspective and hope. The Barra Grande Hydroelectric impressive. Whether for its grandeur, the perfect harmony between the structures, the genius of its logistics or the difficulty of building a site with huge dimensions, the fact is that the project arouses admiration. And even before such a finding, it can be said that the hardest work is not building the plant, but the realization of environmental projects, whose implementation requires more than technical knowledge, talent, discipline and persistence. The implementation of these projects, all under the responsibility of the enterprise, it is necessary to add transparency to carry them out, ability to handle contingencies, sensitivity to understand the requirements, respect for living with people and humility to recognize possible mistakes. And it is the commitment to environmental projects, which gave importance to the enterprise. Activities were developed that were from the relocation of families to the rescue and management of wild fauna and flora, including works and services infrastructure in the cities, the revitalization of neighboring communities, environmental education, monitoring of water quality of river basin Pelotas recovery and preservation of historical heritage, cultural, scenic and archaeological, forestry and others. There are 26 projects designed to promote, effectively, the local socioeconomic development, environmental preservation and redemption of history and culture of the region. The fulfillment of these projects provides remarkable facts and records. There is no longer proud to deliver a home to a family that never had his own, to develop a project that rescued memory and legacy of a people. And finally, the satisfaction in knowing that will be planted one million saplings of native trees in the region, ensuring the enhancement of the environment.

Centrais Elétricas da Paraíba SA provides hydroelectric power services. The company is based in Recife, Brazil. The CEO of the Brazilian company is Wilson Pinto Ferreira. Centrais Elétricas da Paraíba was acquired by CPFL Energia SA, part of Government of China from January 23, 2017 on November 12, 2009 for $354.26 million.

CPFL Energias Renováveis SA engages in the generation and sale of electric power.It produces energy from wind power, small hydroelectric power plants, solar, and sugar cane-fired thermoelectric plants. The company was founded on October 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.