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Copel and Itaipu Plant Are Promoting Sustainability by Generating Energy from Biogas from Granja Colombari, Which Will Form a Supply Microgrid. This is a Pioneer Project in Distributed Generation in Paraná and Throughout the Country
A project that generates energy using Biogas for over 15 years in Western Paraná has just taken another essential step in terms of operational and technological innovation for decentralized energy generation, known as distributed generation (DG). Through an agreement between Itaipu and Copel, which will come into effect this week, Granja Colombari, in São Miguel do Iguaçu, will form a supply microgrid for its property and other neighboring units, enhancing energy security in the region.
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Julio stated that this is just the beginning of a system that can operate at various power levels, with multiple energy-generating sources, besides Biogas, and may expand throughout Copel’s concession area and even across Brazil.
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