We know how to be innovative and creative in the energy market

We use our experience to intelligently align technology with usage.

Votorantim’s expertise that became a business in the market

100 years before Votorantim Energy was founded, Votorantim had already begun to invest in electrical energy generation for its own needs: the Pilar Power Plant with three installed MWs, inaugurated in 1912 – the first of 35 currently under our management. This milestone in the history of Brazilian industry initiated our learning about energy management and generation: to produce and manage energy for our own consumption.

The Pilar Power Plant (today PCH Votorantim) was opened in the region of Sorocaba, in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, by a Portuguese immigrant named Antônio Pereira Ignacio, who would later found Votorantim. The Pilar Plant was opened with the intention of generating energy for the cement company Rodovalho, one of Ignacio´s companies at that time.

Amplie

Pilar Plant – now PCH Votorantim – inaugurated in 1912.

Amplie

Old Pilar Plant Dam. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Amplie

Boa Vista Plant, constructed in 1913 to aid street lighting and the city of Piraju’s tram system. The plant is managed by Votorantim Energy. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Amplie

Votorantim Fabric Factory, acquired by Antônio Pereira Ignacio. The factory was one of the group’s first endeavors and was responsible for beginning its foray into energy management. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Anterior PrÃ³ximo

Years of consumption management experience accumulated with the concrete, aluminum, cellulose and steel plants, in addition to the hydroelectric plants, resulted in the formation of the company as it exists today. It was the year 2000. The name, Votorantim Energy. The mission was still to manage and produce energy for the use of companies belonging to the group.

Amplie

Nitro Chemical, a chemical company founded by Votorantim, had its plant brought from the US by ship and reassembled in the neighborhood of São Miguel Paulista in 1935. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Amplie

CBA was inaugurated on June 4, 1955, the same date as Antônio Emírio de Moraes´s birthday. Photo: Votorantim Collection

Amplie

The interior of the Itupararanga Power Plant, in 1914. At the time, it was considered the largest plant in South America. During the 1973 oil crisis, it was acquired by CBA and is today managed by Votorantim Energy. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Amplie

Dams at the Santa Helena Power Plant, 1940. The plant was constructed to provide energy to the Santa Helena Cement Factory. Photo: Votorantim Collection.

Anterior PrÃ³ximo

The reality of the Brazilian energy market changed dramatically with the arrival of the Free Energy Market in 1995. With the future in the process of becoming the present, and bigger challenges to be confronted every day, we made a great leap forward. To offer our expertise to companies that, like us, need to manage their energy consumption to make their businesses more economical and viable: why not?

We believe that technological innovation is essential to our products and services, and we have not compromised our social or environmental consciousness for even a minute.

Amplie

Wind turbines at the Piauí Wind Farm. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie

Piauí Wind Farm. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie

Piauí Wind Farm. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie

VE employees visiting the Piauí Wind Warm. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie

Piauí Wind Farm. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie

The Machadinho Hydroelectric Plant - Carlos Ermírio de Moraes, inaugurated in 2002 and managed by Votorantim Energy. It is considered a landmark in the history of Brazilian hydroelectric energy, with 1,140 mW of installed power and an perimeter of 500km. Photo: Votorantim Energy.

Amplie