Last Friday, on the 27th, Cemig, through its subsidiary, Cemig Intelligent Solutions in Energy, acquired around 49% of the seven plants dedicated to solar energy generation, through photovoltaic solar sources.
The Cemig group, founded in 1952, contains hundreds of solar energy companies and stakes in more than 20 plants spread across the states of Brazil. The purchase of the plants is in favor of the Distributed Generation and Solar Energy market, totaling an installed capacity of 29.45Wp, with an investment of over R$ 50 million.
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The growth will come from the acquisition of equity in operational ventures of the technology known as GD, which involves small-scale power plants. Cemig aims to double its energy generation capacity by 2020.
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The subsidiary’s CEO, Danilo Gusmão Araújo, stated that the company is expected to end 2020 with participation in plants that will amount to around 52 MW in capacity, compared to 30 MW currently.

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