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Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) delivered 70 tons of aluminum for supporting structures for photovoltaic panels in the Pantanal
CBA, in a project developed by Omexom, from the VINCI Energies Group, completed the delivery of 70 tons of aluminum to structure photovoltaic plants in the middle of the Pantanal, in Mato Grosso do Sul. The project aims to generate clean and renewable energy for isolated communities in the area that did not have access to electricity. The project will benefit around five thousand inhabitants of seven thousand municipalities distributed around the region, in a total area of 90 thousand square kilometers (Km²).
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Each plant is formed by means of modular systems that capture and distribute solar energy, enabling the supply of energy to homes, schools, medical units in places in the Pantanal which the necessary infrastructure to distribute electricity would not reach. Another innovative differential is the use of lithium batteries in order to store solar energy to be used at night and/or on cloudy days, being the first large-scale program to use this technology in Brazil.
The result ensures greater operational efficiency, longer useful life and less environmental impact compared to other technologies used up to now. A single solar energy generation plant has the capacity to serve a house with a refrigerator, television, radio, three light points and a washing machine, for example.
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100% clean and renewable energy
According to CBA's Transformed Business Director, Fernando Varella, the solar energy program implemented in the Pantanal has a series of important features. “In addition to being innovative and having a low environmental impact, the ultimate goal, which is to provide electricity from a 100% source clean and renewable, it will allow so many families to have access to basic items, such as refrigerated food, lighting, especially in schools, and a better quality of life”, he says.
CBA offers aluminum products for the energy market in many proposals for generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy. In the solar energy sector, in particular, the company acts by supplying aluminum frames for solar capture panels, in addition to solutions for photovoltaic structures used in centralized generation and distributed generation.
The company is a pioneer and leader in South America in this type of resolution for the commercialization of solar energy and remains focused on its goal of being a provider of solutions and services.
“In this sense, CBA seeks proximity to its customers and suppliers, developing co-creation projects and, in this partnership with Omexom, it also acted in co-engineering support, which enhances the delivery of customized aluminum solutions, in line with specific and sustainable needs. . These are opportunities to create and generate value in partnership, which encourage the use of new technologies, encourage the Company to enter into new business models and promote long-term relationships”, concluded Varela.
access to energy
The person responsible for Omexom's Photovoltaic Energy Business, Eduardo da Matta, says that this solar energy generation project was developed to increase access to energy for families that live in isolated regions of Brazil, such as near the Pantanal, contemplating sustainability issues of the region, in order to respect the fauna and flora and to promote social inclusion. In addition, it also provides the challenging goal of bringing energy to locations with difficult access, in a territorial area larger than several European nations.
The manager of the solar energy generation project “Ilumina Pantanal” at Energisa, Héber Henrique Selvo, declares that “BRL 10 million were invested in five years of research and development studies to arrive at the most robust solution and the most cost-effective technology. viable to overcome the logistical challenge of implementing and maintaining a project such as in the biome that is the largest floodplain in the world and a World Biosphere Reserve recognized by Unesco”.
The “Ilumina Pantanal” program serves 2.090 families in the region of Corumbá, Aquidauana, Coxim, Ladário, Porto Murtinho, Rio Verde de Mato Grosso and Miranda. The project to install solar power plants is a partnership between Grupo Energisa and the Government of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the National Electric Energy Agency.
