<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2a96-d4b6-a98f-ffb783930000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">TotalEnergies-rte-company> <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TTE%20FP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-2a96-d4b6-a98f-ffb783930001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SE-bsp-bb-link> has emerged as one of the contenders for the assets of AES Corp. in Brazil, competing against <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2a96-d4b6-a98f-ffb783940001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">China Three Gorges Corp.-rte-company> and Sao Paulo-based <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2a96-d4b6-a98f-ffb783940002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Auren-rte-company> Energia SA, according to people familiar with the matter.