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The New Solar Plant of ProEnergy in Piracicaba Will Generate More Than 30 Thousand kWh of Energy Per Month
ProEnergy Engenharia, a company specialized in developing Photovoltaic Solar Energy projects, recently delivered another large solar plant in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, an area where ProEnergy Engenharia has several other completed and operational works. The new solar plant in Piracicaba has an installed capacity of 250 kWp, with around 550 modules already operational, generating over 30 thousand kWh/month of energy, corresponding to an annual production exceeding 355 thousand kWh.
New Solar Plant of ProEnergy Engenharia in Piracicaba Will Take Advantage of All the Benefits Offered by the Legal Framework for Distributed Generation
The entire project of the solar plant was designed with the main goal of taking advantage of the benefits arising from the implementation of solar energy generation in this year of 2022, with the guarantee of the Legal Framework for Microgeneration and Minigeneration Distributed in Brazil.
This new Legal Framework for Microgeneration and Minigeneration Distributed in Brazil was announced back in 2021 but only came into effect in January of this year. The Legal Framework provided much more legal security to the solar energy sector, as it guarantees until the year 2045 all current rules – which dictate that 100% of the energy injected into the grid returns without any taxation charges for the use of the energy distribution network.
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However, this old rule only applies to consumers who already have the Distributed Generation (GD) system, and it will also apply to those who request access to the solar energy generation system by the end of this year.
New Rules for the Legal Framework of Distributed Generation (GD)
For consumers who request access to the solar energy generation system, the Legal Framework for Distributed Generation will impose a gradual and progressive charge for the use of the distribution network for at least about 8 years.
This will mean that new consumers who request the system to enter solar energy generation will begin to pay – immediately after the transition period to the new rules – an amount equivalent to 15% of the generation value when using the surplus energy stored within the grid, which is related to the costs associated with the services of the Concessionaire responsible for distributing this energy.
Absolar Foresees Increase in the Number of Solar Energy Generation System Installations in the Country
According to surveys conducted by the Brazilian Solar Energy Association, Absolar, the estimate is that the number of new users of the network, that is, installations of the solar energy system in Brazil, will significantly increase in this year of 2022 compared to the data collected and analyzed last year (2021).
According to analysis by Maurício Angeli M. de Carvalho, an engineer and partner at ProEnergy Engenharia, as well as a specialist in the energy generation sector, solar energy continues to be the best option for the population, which has been constantly suffering from absurd increases in their home and/or business energy bills, and who wish to have savings on their bills, in addition to having a source of energy that is not only clean but also sustainable and safe.
Recently, in mid-April, another tariff adjustment was announced in the energy bills of clients from one of the energy distribution companies in São Paulo, CPFL Paulista, which covers the Piracicaba region. The adjustment was 13.5%, due to the dispatches of 2021 and also to accumulated inflation.
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