In Piauí, One of the Largest Solar and Wind Power Parks in South America is Being Built
The solar and wind power parks in Piauí are being built by Enel Green Power Brazil (EGP), which is one of the largest operators of solar parks in South America. In total, the investments in the two solar power parks in Piauí amount to R$ 4.8 billion, with over 4,000 direct jobs created at the peak of the construction, which is currently in the final stages. The Lagoa dos Ventos park is currently the largest wind project by Enel in the world and is set to start operations soon in 2021. The São Gonçalo solar power park began operations on the first phase of the project, totaling 475MW, this year, and the company is finalizing the construction of the first expansion of 133MW of the solar park.
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Solar Energy in South America and Brazil
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Illiterate or semi-literate grandmothers were trained to repair solar systems, open rural workshops, and light up homes that still depended on kerosene.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The use of energy in Brazil accounts for 1.7% of the entire Brazilian energy matrix, with residential solar energy responsible for 72.6% of that total, followed by commercial and service companies (17.99%) and rural solar energy (6.25%).

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