In the Federal Government's plan to install solar energy panels on the island of Pará, three isolated municipalities will benefit
Last Tuesday (20/04), the Federal Government announced an investment of R$ 386 million that will be destined for the installation of solar energy panels in three municipalities of Ilha do Marajó, located in the state of Pará. The cities of Portel, Melgaço and Curralinhodo, in the archipelago, will be the three beneficiaries. Around 50 people will be assisted in Pará with the Federal Government project.
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Federal Government investments in solar energy in Pará
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) will invest, through the Mais Luz Amazônia program, which joined the Embrace the Marajó program, coordinated by the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights (MMFDH), in solar energy.
In the first phase of the Federal Government's project to bring solar energy to the Island of Pará, public electricity services will serve 126.000 new consumers – around 50.000 people. The service will be carried out through the expansion of the distribution network of locations connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN), through a system for generating renewable resources in remote communities.
Minister Damares Alves, holder of the MMFDH, says that being able to provide electricity through solar energy to these communities in Marajó, Pará, is to give dignity to the people. The minister says that they are talking about guaranteeing rights to a historically forgotten place. She also adds that, with the Federal Government's investments in solar energy in the archipelago in Pará, it will be promoting the region's regional development.
Federal Government will take electricity through solar energy
In the Federal Government project, the first phase is expected to be carried out by December 2022, in cooperation with Equatorial Energia Pará, the electricity distributor responsible for implementing the plan in the state, through the Mais Luz para a Amazônia and Rural Electrification.
According to Bento Albuquerque, Minister of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, who is taking care of the implementation of solar energy in Pará, through the Federal Government's plan, residents of Marajó will be able to enjoy public electricity services with quality, reliability and continuity, ending years of electrical exclusion and starting a new journey.
Bento says that, with the arrival of electricity through solar energy panels on site, residents of the access island will have access to other public services, significantly contributing to the reduction of social and economic vulnerability and to the strengthening of the exercise of citizenship rights , bringing more well-being and dignity to life.
The “Abrace o Marajó” project in the state of Pará
Created in March last year by the Federal Government, the “Embrace the Marajó” project aims to seek the socioeconomic development of the 16 municipalities that make up Ilha do Marajó, in the state of Pará. These actions, such as installing solar energy panels in municipalities in the archipelago, are a strategic response to restoring the human dignity of local residents.
The Marajó archipelago has approximately 550.000 inhabitants and is considered the largest maritime fluvial in the world, composed of about 2.500 islands and small islands, with potential for development and growth. Currently, the archipelago has eight of the worst cities in the Human Development Index (HDI) in Brazil.
