Investments in Brazil are grouped together in the Endesa Brasil holding company, which accounts for 31.4% of Endesa’s EBITDA in Latin America. The company has a total workforce in Brazil of 2,766 employees.
Endesa holds a 99.61% stake in the Cachoeira Dourada hydroelectric power plant (665 MW installed capacity) and a 100% stake in the Fortaleza thermal power plant (322 MW installed capacity).
In the transmission business, Endesa wholly owns CIEN, which manages the two 500 km interconnection power lines between Argentina and Brazil with a total interconnection capacity of 2,100 MW.
In the distribution segment, Endesa manages Ampla and Coelce in which it has controlling interests of 99.64% and 58.86%, respectively. Ampla distributes electricity to 2.6 million customers in the state of Río de Janeiro, while Coelce, which is listed on the São Paulo stock exchange, sells energy to 3.2 million customers in the state of Ceará.
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