Hydro is a leading industrial company that builds businesses and partnerships for a more sustainable future. We develop industries that matter to people and society.
Since 1905, Hydro has turned natural resources into valuable products for people and businesses, creating a safe and secure workplace for our 31,000 employees in more than 140 locations and 40 countries.
Today, we own and operate various businesses and have investments with a base in sustainable industries. Hydro is through its businesses present in a broad range of market segments for aluminium, energy, metal recycling, renewables and batteries, offering a unique wealth of knowledge and competence.
Hydro is committed to leading the way towards a more sustainable future, creating more viable societies by developing natural resources into products and solutions in innovative and efficient ways.
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais – CEMIG is one of the largest and most important electric energy utilities in Brazil due to its strategic location, its technical expertise and its market.
CEMIG’s concession area extends throughout nearly 96.7% of the State of Minas Gerais, whose territory is situated in the Southeastern region of Brazil and covers an area of 567,478 thousand square kilometers, which corresponds to the territorial extension of a country the size of France. CEMIG owns and operates 52 power plants, of which six are in partnership with private enterprises, relying on a predominantly hydroelectric energy matrix. Electric energy is produced to supply more than 17 million people living in the state’s 774 municipalities. In addition to those 52 plants, another three are currently under construction.
Somos líderes em geração e transmissão de energia elétrica no país e contribuímos para que a matriz energética brasileira seja uma das mais limpas e renováveis do mundo. Também atuamos nos segmentos de comercialização e eficiência energética, além de programas como o Procel, o Luz para Todos e o Proinfa.
Maior companhia do setor elétrico da América Latina, adotamos estratégias voltadas para governança e compliance, excelência operacional e disciplina financeira e, por meio de nossas empresas e de nosso centro de pesquisas, estamos presentes em todas as regiões do Brasil.
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We are leaders in electric power generation and transmission in the country and we contribute to making the Brazilian energy matrix one of the cleanest and most renewable in the world. We also operate in the segments of commercialization and energy efficiency, as well as programs such as Procel, Luz para Todos (Light for All) and Proinfa.
The largest company in the electric sector in Latin America, we adopt strategies focused on governance and compliance, operational excellence and financial discipline and, through our companies and our research center, we are present in all regions of Brazil.