Copel Signs 14-Year Contract for Solar Power Plant Development with International Group

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 15/09/2020 at 20:40

Sede da empresa Copel

Be the first to react!

Voltalia, An International Renewable Energy Group, Signed A Long-Term Solar Power Purchase Agreement With Copel

Copel’s new 260 MW solar power plant will be located at Voltalia’s Serra Branca Brazilian park, the largest wind and solar power installation in the world.

Read Also

Braskem Closes Contract With French Multinational For Solar Energy Purchase From Northeast Complex
Construction Of Wind Farm In Rio Grande Do Norte Agreed Between Voltalia And Japanese Company
French Multinational Will Set Up Renewable Energy Operations Center In RN

“Thanks to this contract, Voltalia reaches 1.9 GW of successfully developed projects in our Serra Branca cluster. This new success highlights the quality of our wind and solar park, which attracts local utilities as well as international companies seeking to obtain clean energy. With an additional 0.5 GW of potential in Serra Branca and the development of our new 1 GW park in Canudos, along with other smaller sites, we are a leading renewable energy producer in Brazil. I am very proud of the Voltalia teams and thank them for their dedication, especially in the current context,” commented Sébastien Clerc, Chief Executive Officer of Voltalia.

260 MW Solar Power Plant In Partnership With Copel

Voltalia, in partnership with Copel, will build a 260 MW solar plant (SSM 3 to 6) and will also supply solar energy to Copel through a 14-year contract starting in 2023. The SSM 3 to 6 projects are expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2022, before the long-term power purchase agreements begin, with the early production sold in a short-term contract already signed with Copel.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

Solar Energy, A Competitive Energy Source

Clean energy now represents 0.5 GW at Voltalia’s 2.4 GW installations in Serra Branca, the largest wind and solar power park in the world.

The two energy sources are complementary, as the wind blows mainly at night in Serra Branca. This new contract with Copel demonstrates the attractiveness and competitiveness of solar energy, whose cost has dropped significantly: -82% between 2010 and 2019 (source IRENA).

Today, renewable energy represents 20% of Voltalia’s total installed capacity. The Company aims to further expand this technology in its three main regions, with an additional 1 GW of solar capacity already contracted.

Copel Signs 14-Year Contract for Solar Power Plant Development with International Group

Voltalia, An International Renewable Energy Group, Signed A Long-Term Solar Power Purchase Agreement With Copel

Read Also

260 MW Solar Power Plant In Partnership With Copel

Solar Energy, A Competitive Energy Source

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China has deployed snake-shaped robots to slide along power lines, where they have already inspected over 130 kilometers of cables using cameras and sensors to detect damaged wires, worn-out parts, and overheating.

Satellite images show that Brazil has shrunk by more than 2.5 million hectares of rivers and lakes in 40 years, and the Pantanal, which depends almost 100% on rain due to the lack of dams, was 56% below the historical average of water in 2025.

China activates a 35.6-tesla super magnet in Beijing, surpassing Earth’s magnetic field by 700,000 times and opening a new phase in the race for semiconductors, clean energy, and extreme science.

Between four giant rocks and without electricity, a stone house built in 1974 in the Serras de Fafe in Portugal impresses by using natural granite as the structure of the dwelling.

Stone tower in Scotland is over 2,000 years old, about 13 meters high, was built without mortar on a remote island, and still intrigues archaeologists about its true function.

Far beyond the melting ice in the Arctic, a study reveals that carbon hidden in deep layers of permafrost may escape sooner than expected and turn frozen soils into a new source of CO₂.

Copel Signs 14-Year Contract for Solar Power Plant Development with International Group

Voltalia, An International Renewable Energy Group, Signed A Long-Term Solar Power Purchase Agreement With Copel

Read Also

260 MW Solar Power Plant In Partnership With Copel

Solar Energy, A Competitive Energy Source

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China has deployed snake-shaped robots to slide along power lines, where they have already inspected over 130 kilometers of cables using cameras and sensors to detect damaged wires, worn-out parts, and overheating.

Advancement in renewable energy: A R$ 150 million project launched by Petrobras and Finep aims to create state-of-the-art electrolyzers for green hydrogen, strengthening national research and preparing Brazil to compete in a billion-dollar energy market.

Illiterate or semi-literate grandmothers were trained to repair solar systems, open rural workshops, and light up homes that still depended on kerosene.

The world has bet on green hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but now faces the side effect: producing 1 kilogram requires about 9 liters of ultrapure water, and the largest projects on the planet are precisely in the driest regions of the Earth, where water is already scarce for people.

Africa has about 500,000 cell towers and most still burn diesel to operate, while companies rush to cover antennas with solar energy and avoid signal blackouts.

Farmers swapped diesel for solar panels in Pakistan, powered irrigation pumps almost cost-free, expanded rice fields, and now groundwater has become a red alert in the countryside.

Satellite images show that Brazil has shrunk by more than 2.5 million hectares of rivers and lakes in 40 years, and the Pantanal, which depends almost 100% on rain due to the lack of dams, was 56% below the historical average of water in 2025.

China activates a 35.6-tesla super magnet in Beijing, surpassing Earth’s magnetic field by 700,000 times and opening a new phase in the race for semiconductors, clean energy, and extreme science.

Between four giant rocks and without electricity, a stone house built in 1974 in the Serras de Fafe in Portugal impresses by using natural granite as the structure of the dwelling.

Stone tower in Scotland is over 2,000 years old, about 13 meters high, was built without mortar on a remote island, and still intrigues archaeologists about its true function.

Far beyond the melting ice in the Arctic, a study reveals that carbon hidden in deep layers of permafrost may escape sooner than expected and turn frozen soils into a new source of CO₂.