Case Studies
Proven Across Voltage Classes. Validated in Real Grid Operations.
From 2009 to 2019, CICA underwent a decade of pilot applications across over 100 projects, covering all voltage levels and various operating conditions. Its solid project track record has fully verified the technical reliability and mature solution performance. Since 2019, CICA has evolved from limited small-scale trials into full-scale comprehensive application across entire transmission lines and complete engineering projects.
Lot 2, Rio de Janeiro
— A Whole Line, End-to-End on CICA
Lot 2 of ANEEL Transmission Auction No. 02/2021 — Won concession on June 30, 2021 at BRL 421 million. EMAGE provides planning and design services, with operations commencing from 2026 for a 30-year period.
Project Constraints & Context
Lot 2 of ANEEL's 2021 transmission auction sits in Rio de Janeiro state — one of Brazil's most land-constrained corridors, where environmental permitting, land acquisition, route engineering, construction logistics, and 30-year operating cost each compress on margins that conventional steel-arm towers simply cannot meet.
- Land-constrained corridors
- Environmental permitting
- Conventional steel-arm towers
CICA-Based Solution & Bid Outcome
EMAGE entered the auction with a different proposition: a transmission line designed end-to-end around CICA — narrower right-of-way, lighter towers and foundations, simpler permitting, and lower life-cycle OPEX — and backed that proposition with our own capital, winning the 30-year concession at BRL 421 million in June 2021.
- CICA technology
- Lower life-cycle OPEX
- 30-year concession
Engineering Validation & Full Qualification Cycle
From bid award to energization, every tower type on the ~59 km line — single-circuit and double-circuit configurations alike — has been carried through the same complete qualification cycle: theoretical and electromechanical analysis, full-scale prototype manufacturing, independent third-party laboratory testing, series supply, and field installation under EMAGE's own EPC delivery.
- Engineering validation
- End-to-end EPC execution
- Technical reliability
Commercial Proven Project & Market Validation
The result is something rare in the industry: an entire competitively-won transmission line — designed, certified, built, and to be operated end-to-end around CICA. For utilities and developers evaluating CICA at the portfolio level, Lot 2 is the most direct evidence available — that the technology is not only commercially viable, but commercially preferred when the same engineer carries the construction risk and the 30-year operating risk.
- Commercial viability
- Market validation
- Lifecycle risk integration