Former deactivated dump in Feira de Santana, Bahia, will become a solar power plant. Entities discuss the need for official closure of the landfill for the construction of the project.
The old dump in Feira de Santana, Bahia, which has been deactivated for years, could be transformed into a solar power plant. The aim is to produce clean and renewable energy so that the activities of municipal public buildings continue to function. The area is located next to the current landfill, in the Nova Esperança neighborhood, and has 22 hectares.
Entities discuss the need for the official closure of the landfill!
The possibility of building the solar power plant in Bahia was dealt with in a meeting this Thursday afternoon (9), with the presence of Pedro Maranhão, National Secretary of Sanitation, who addressed the great need for the official closure of the dump in Bahia. The secretary was received at Paço Municipal Maria Quitéria by Denilton Brito, Municipal Secretary of Government, who was present representing Mayor Colbert Filho.
According to Pedro Maranhão, the slurry from the landfill in Feira de Santana, Bahia, causes damage to the soil that, in the long term, can contaminate the water table. A technical cooperation agreement will be made to complete the dump in the right way, which could lead to a solar power plant.
According to Brito, it is very gratifying to receive the secretary's visit to the municipality. Also present at the meeting were municipal secretaries Sebastião Cunha, for Economic Development; Carlos Brito, from Planning; João Vianey, Superintendent of Operations and Maintenance; in addition to the municipal attorney, Carlos Alberto Moura Pinho, and the president of the sustain, Adilson Martins.
Feira de Santana collects 71 thousand tons of garbage
According to data released by the municipality, only in the first three months of the last year were collected about 71 thousand tons of garbage in Feira de Santana, in Bahia. The calculations came from João Marcelo Gomes, director of the Department of Public Cleaning at SESP.
During this period, joint cleaning efforts were carried out in several neighborhoods, in addition to maintenance on the main avenues of the city and also in residential areas of the “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” program and in macro drainage channels.
At the time, Eli Ribeiro, Secretary of Public Services, stated that the department has been working daily to develop a clean city, prioritizing the well-being of the population. The neighborhood of Santa Mônica also received the cleaning effort and the kick out action.
Bahia receives millionaire investments to expand the solar energy market
In 2020, RMB inaugurated in Feira de Santana, Bahia, a solar power plant that received an investment worth R$ 1 million. In all, the solar plant has 1,6 square meters of photovoltaic panels with a production capacity of 180 kilowatts per year.
The return on investment will come in 2025, generating savings of BRL 8 per month on your energy tariff. According to the company, in addition to the economic aspect, the solar power plant also focuses on sustainability and on reducing the emission of pollutants.
It is important to emphasize that Bahia is the leader in solar energy generation, in addition to being very engaged in this generation category. According to the Economic Development Secretariat of Bahia and the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), the panorama of solar energy in the state accounts for 25% of the country's solar plants, thus being a national leader in the generation of energy source from this source.
Due to the high solar incidence due to the latitude, its tropical climate is predominant with high temperatures, exceeding 30 °C in its annual average.
