SAO PAULO, July 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's renewable energy company Renova Energia SA RNEW11.SA confirmed in a securities filing on Tuesday having received a formal bid from Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc BAMa.TO .
Reuters reported on Monday that Brookfield offered to inject 800 million reais ($242 million) into Renova and buy a 16 percent stake in the firm owned by local power company Light SA LIGT3.SA for the equivalent of 9 reais a share. Renova did not disclose financial details of the bid. Its shares jumped 6 percent on Tuesday to 7.47 reais.