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More Than Half a Million Solar Panels from China: Solar Plant to Be Built in Caucaia, Ceará, Near the Reserve of Traditional Communities of Indigenous and Quilombola Peoples. State Agency Will Be Responsible for Inspections and Issuing the License for the Construction of the Solar Power Generation Unit
Later this week, at the Port of Pecém in Ceará, a ship from China will arrive loaded with about 231 containers, each 40 feet long, carrying thousands of solar panels intended for photovoltaic solar energy generation. This shipment will be used for the construction of the new photovoltaic solar plant in Sítios Novos, located in Caucaia, in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza. The project, which was approved by the State Council for the Environment (Coema), is awaiting the license for the plant installation. This license will be issued by Semace (State Superintendence of the Environment).
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Lavras 6 Energias Renováveis S.A will be responsible for the imports. The company is controlled by Canadian Solar do Brasil, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar. Lavras 6 will oversee the construction of the new photovoltaic solar plant in Ceará. The plant is already in the implementation phase and will be located in an area of 528 hectares of the 726 hectares of Fazenda Lavras.
For the solar energy generation process, about 619,710 solar panels arriving from China will be installed. For full operation, there will be a total nominal capacity of 196.04 megawatts, with installed capacity of approximately 219.99 megawatts. According to an analysis conducted by Semace, around 300 jobs will be created just during the initial phase of installing the solar panels.
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Semace emphasized that the solar plant is considered to have “low polluting-degrading potential” and is also of public interest. Semace also made it clear that, in the environmental scope, if any of the conditions imposed by the superintendence are violated, the solar plant’s license will be suspended immediately.
Semace Requirements for the Installation of the Solar Plant in Caucaia
Among the numerous requirements demanded by Semace, some of the main ones are that there should be no interaction between the solar plant’s project and conservation units, such as in traditional communities residing in the region, namely, indigenous and quilombola peoples.
Semace reported that almost the entire area where the solar plant will be built is uninhabited, but in a certain part of it, about 12 families continue to live in the vicinity. The superintendency will monitor and mitigate the environmental impacts that are expected during the initial installation phase. Ceará is currently the seventh state with the highest installed potential in Brazil, registering about 41.43 MW as of June 2021.
In the capital Fortaleza, the current installed capacity is 13.44 megawatts (MW). According to data records, the largest installed potentials are in Aquiraz (3.71 MW), Iguatu (2.47 MW), Juazeiro do Norte (2.40 MW), and Limoeiro do Norte (1.89 MW). The state of Ceará has a total of 2,587 solar power generating plants.
The logistics for road transport at the Port of Pecém will be entirely handled by Grupo Martins and also by the Ceará transport company Brok Logística, owned by businessman Edson Brok. The forecast is for the transportation of 56 containers per week.
With 895 Solar Panels, Ceará Inaugurates the Largest Public Solar Plant in the State
The Government of Ceará inaugurated a solar plant with a capacity of 400 kWp, located at the Training Center for Cearan Workers (CTTC/IFCE), last Thursday (30). The solar energy plant covers an area of 1,800 m² with 895 solar panels, electric inverters, and cables distributed over Blocks C, D, and E of the Center. According to the government of Ceará, this solar plant holds the title of the largest public solar energy generation project in the state currently.
Located in Pecém, the solar plant will produce energy for use within the facilities of the CTTC and also for the Secretary of Science, Technology, and Higher Education of the State (Secitece) in Fortaleza.
The expectation in Ceará is that the solar plant will provide an annual saving of R$ 360,000 in electricity expenses, in addition to a reduction in energy tariffs, in a partnership with IFCE, also involving companies from the region. The solar plant will serve as a basis for the training of many professionals for the sustainable energy sector.
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