Located in the Caucaia municipal district, 50 km from Ceará, the state capital, Enel Generación Fortaleza is able to meet one-third of the electricity needs of the region, which is home to almost 8.2 million people.
Strategically located to spur regional growth and make the installation of other industries feasible, it is a 322 MW combined-cycle thermoelectric plant, which runs on natural gas. It was built in the industrial and port neighborhood of Pecém and is part of the Federal Government’s Thermoelectricity Priority Program (PPT).
The plant, which has a built area of 70,000 m2, generated 2,342 GWh of electricity in 2015 while sales reached 3,326 GWh.
