German company will invest BRL 5,2 billion in renewable energy projects in Minas Gerais

The German company Sowitec will invest in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in photovoltaic and hybrid solar source projects

Sowitec, a German company, will invest BRL 5,2 billion in the state of Minas Gerais in three large renewable energy projects. Two exclusively from solar photovoltaic sources and one from a hybrid source, the second of which converges both for solar photovoltaic and wind generation. Also read this news: AXS Energia will invest BRL 1 billion in 60 solar photovoltaic power plants in Minas Gerais

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Details of the renewable energy projects that will be installed in Minas Gerais

According to the Minas Gerais Agency website, the hybrid project (wind and solar), called Gameleiras Energy Generation Complex, will be installed in the municipalities of Monte Azul, Espinosa, Santo Antônio do Retiro, Rio Pardo de Minas and Mato Verde, in Minas Gerais. General.

The estimated power capacity of the first phases of this undertaking in Minas Gerais is 600 MW, in wind, and 400 MWac (520 MWp), in solar. In the subsequent phases of the project, estimated capacities should jump to 1.400 MW in wind and 600 MWac (780 MWp) in solar. This means that, when fully implemented, it will be able to serve, on average, 1,5 homes per year.

The Minas do Sol solar projects, in Pirapora, and Presidente JK, in the municipality of the same name, are at an advanced stage of development, with all properties regularized, solarimetric measurement in accordance with the parameters of the competent bodies and an environmental implementation license issued. The first will have the potential to serve, on average, 250 homes per year and the second, 350.

The total implementation of the projects in Minas Gerais is estimated in two to four years, with a start scheduled for 2023. The first stage of the projects is expected to start operating at the end of 2024 and it is expected that all phases will be finalized by 2027. It is estimated that 400 jobs will be generated during the implementation period.

Progress in the use of renewable energy sources

Minas Gerais, which is already the country's leader in photovoltaic solar energy generation, will now take another decisive step in the renewable energy generation market. This time, the state will advance in relation to another important source of clean energy that has not been properly used until now: wind power. To get an idea of ​​the size of the wind complex, the project should be installed in an area of ​​355 hectares, equivalent to more than 300 soccer fields. For this, the company carried out a mapping of the areas and has an estimated regularization of 130 to 150 properties.

In addition to the state's advancement in clean energy generation, the implementation of the project will also bring a solution that has long been desired by the local population. The Gameleiras complex will be located in a region predominantly made up of areas with a history of complicated land regularization processes. Therefore, an agreement between the company and the government of Minas Gerais foresees accelerating the regularization processes.  

According to the deputy director of Sowitec, Edgard Almeida, the company is committed to encouraging owners to seek title to all properties. “We will disseminate information about this possibility of regularization and provide all technical, legal and financial support to landowners at all stages of the regularization process”, he guaranteed.