From prospecting to operation.

Aurora P&D finds, develops and delivers renewable energy projects in Brazil. Market, land, grid, regulation, engineering and construction handled by one team, at the pace of people who have already walked this path across 2.8 GW.

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Portfolio

2.8 GW

of centralized solar generation projects developed with our team’s direct involvement.

Complexes
2 solar complexes
Source
Solar PV
Region
Northeast Brazil

Start where your project stands.

From the first site map to assisted operation, the same team. Hire the full cycle or only the stage you are missing.

Groups entering Brazil

Market, corporate setup, incentives and local representation to start investing with confidence.

Entering Brazil

Developers and investors

Prospecting, feasibility, grid access and authorization to take a project to sale or construction.

Development

Industry

Self-generation and pilot plants, from feasibility engineering to assisted operation.

Engineering and construction

Buyers and lenders

Technical due diligence and independent advisory to acquire, finance or monitor an asset.

Technical advisory

Seven fronts. One team.

Everything an energy project needs to get off the map and into operation. Third-party services, such as field campaigns and fees, are quoted and managed by us.

  1. 01

    Prospecting and market

    Where to invest, before spending the first dollar.

    • Prospecting of sites and of projects under development
    • Market analysis: prices, demand, auctions and the free market
    • Data collection on resource, grid, land and environment
    • Due diligence of project sites
    • Grid export capacity mapping and curtailment risk
    • Offtake routes: long-term PPAs and self-production
  2. 02

    Feasibility and business plan

    A project that stands up, on paper and in the spreadsheet.

    • Solar resource and energy yield assessment
    • Physical grid feasibility, load flow and constraints
    • Preliminary land analysis for substation and line
    • Early consultation with EPE, ONS, ANEEL and transmission companies
    • Business plan preparation
    • Financial model and comparison of alternatives
    • Feasibility report, strategy and schedule
  3. 03

    Regulation, grid access and permits

    The regulatory path, handled end to end.

    • Ongoing regulatory monitoring
    • Grid access information and opinion, tracked in SGAcesso
    • Electrical studies: load flow, short circuit, power quality and transients
    • Securing the ANEEL authorization
    • Representation before ANEEL, EPE, ONS and CCEE
    • Environmental licensing: RAS, EIA-RIMA and the LP, LI and LO licenses
    • Measurement campaign with a certified solarimetric station
  4. 04

    Structuring and incentives

    Company, land and benefits in order to sell or finance.

    • Qualification for special regimes and tax incentives
    • REIDI, SUDENE benefits and incentivized infrastructure debentures
    • Corporate structure and incorporation of SPVs
    • Surface rights agreements and their registration
    • Land regularization
    • Legal and land pre-due diligence
    • Complete data room with a tracking dashboard
  5. 05

    Engineering

    Basic, detailed and review engineering, to ANEEL and EPE standards.

    • Basic engineering: general layout, single-line diagrams and medium-voltage network
    • Technical description and site layout
    • Detailed design: low and medium voltage, grounding, fiber optics and trenches
    • Trackers, structures and power stations
    • Step-up substation and connection bay
    • Hydrology, drainage and earthworks
    • Technical specifications, datasheets and bills of quantities
    • Review and update of existing engineering
  6. 06

    Procurement and construction

    From request for quotation to as-built CAPEX.

    • Requests for quotation and CAPEX levelling
    • Procurement of suppliers and EPC
    • Owner’s engineering
    • Construction supervision
    • Implementation monitoring
    • As-built CAPEX and final report
  7. 07

    Operation and advisory

    The asset generating, and an independent view when it is time to decide.

    • Assisted operation and performance monitoring
    • Asset document management
    • Technical due diligence for acquisition and financing
    • Independent technical advisory
    • Engineering opinions and assessments
    • R&D projects and pilot plants under contract

Entering Brazil? Start with a team already in the field.

Brazil’s power sector has its own rules, timelines and incentives. Aurora P&D is the local team that handles each of them while your group decides.

  • Company and capital

    Incorporation of companies and SPVs with foreign shareholders, and follow-up of the foreign capital registration with the Central Bank of Brazil.

  • Local representation

    One counterpart in Brazil before ANEEL (regulator), ONS (grid operator), EPE (energy planning), CCEE (market operator), utilities and environmental agencies.

  • Incentives in the right place

    In the Northeast, SUDENE can cut corporate income tax by up to 75% for ten years. REIDI and incentivized debentures add to it, and each one goes into the financial model.

  • Tax reform in the model

    The gradual replacement of PIS, Cofins, ICMS and ISS by CBS and IBS changes project cost during construction. The business plan is built with the transition from day one.

  • Grid before land

    Where transmission is at its limit, a plant generates less than it could. Export capacity and curtailment risk drive site selection.

  • Projects ready to buy

    Acquisition of projects under development with technical, regulatory and land due diligence, and a data room organized for the decision.

Fast, because every phase closes with a deliverable.

The project only moves on once the scope is accepted, and each milestone ends in a report you can verify.

  1. Prospecting

    Market, sites and data gathered to choose where to invest.

  2. Feasibility

    Studies, business plan and alternatives compared.

  3. Development

    Grid access, authorization, permits, incentives and asset structuring.

  4. Engineering

    Basic and detailed design, quantities and levelled CAPEX.

  5. Construction and operation

    Procurement, implementation and operation followed through to the final report.

Due-diligence ready from day one.

Documents, certificates and reports for each project live in a data room with access and revision control. Whoever buys, finances or audits finds everything in place.

Immediate mobilization

Our own team, ready to start right after signing, with no team-building phase.

Milestone deliverables

Each phase ends in a report, and the next one only starts once the scope is accepted.

Open measurement

Every period, hours and deliverables shown to the client, item by item.

Lean team, specialist network

Aurora P&D leads run the work, with specialists engaged on demand for each discipline.

Company details

Legal name
Aurora Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Energias Renováveis
CNPJ · Brazilian company ID
49.955.196/0001-67
Headquarters
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

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