Credit: Acervo Eletrobras Furnas

Fortim Wind Farms Complex - 123 MW / Credit: Marcelo Ribeiro

Transmission line maintenance / Credit: Daniela Monteiro

Peixe Angical Plant - 498.8 MW / Credit: AC Júnior

Abertura do vertedouro da usina de Itumbiara (MG/GO)

Credit: Sergio Luiz Gato

Furnas Plant - 1,216 MW / Credit: AC Júnior

Credit: Divulgação

Sanhaçu-de-encontro-amarelo (Tangara ornata) / Credit: Adriano Rodrigues

Horta comunitária da Subestação de Jacarepaguá

Credit: José Lins

Linha de transmissão Foz do Iguaçu-Ivaiporã (765 kV)

Foz do Iguaçu-Ivaiporã transmission line (765 kV) / Credit: Daniela Monteiro

Credit: Weimer Carvalho

Brasília Sul Substation / Credit: José Lins

Laboratório de Hidráulica Experimental e Recursos Hídricos de FURNAS

Credit: José Lins

Environmental monitoring

FURNAS maintains programs to monitor physical variables so it can control interference resulting from the company's activities.

Climate monitoring

Assesses reservoirs’ interference with the microclimate in surrounding regions. This carried out at stations equipped with thermal, air humidity, solar radiation, rainfall, speed and wind direction measuring tools.

This is crucial for designing transmission lines, especially the structures that support transmission cables.

Erosive process monitoring

Erosive processes occur along the banks of hydroelectric dam reservoirs, at the base of line support towers and, on occasion, in areas where thermoelectric plants and substations are located.

Hydrological monitoring

The company also has a network of 160 rain meters and meteorological stations installed in its operational areas.