Rio Grande do Sul to Get Its First Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant With Environmental License Issued This Week

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 05/04/2021 at 11:11

Updated on 05/04/2021 at 17:01

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Environmental Licensing Will Allow Rio Grande do Sul to Install Its First Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant

The first environmental installation license in history for a solar power plant project in Rio Grande do Sul was issued last Wednesday (03/31) by the State Foundation for Environmental Protection (Fepam). With this environmental licensing, the company from Rio Grande do Sul, Solargrid Autogeneration, can begin the construction of the Uruguaiana I Photovoltaic Plant. The solar power plant will produce photovoltaic energy in the municipality of Uruguaiana, in the Western Frontier.

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Marjorie Kauffmann, president of Fepam, believes the issuance of this Environmental License is a crucial advance for energy generation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

“This Environmental License for the construction of the solar power plant is further proof that Rio Grande do Sul is investing in and encouraging the expansion of its energy matrix, especially when we talk about renewable energies. All documentation was analyzed thoroughly and with total technical rigor by our Energy Division (Digen) team. It is a project that meets all the necessary requirements for installation,” Marjorie assesses.

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Solar Photovoltaic Energy in Rio Grande do Sul

Recognized as one of the most important energy generation options from an environmental perspective, as it is a clean and renewable source, photovoltaic energy is available under excellent conditions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, especially in the region chosen for the installation of the solar power plant.

Eberson Silveira, director of the Department of Energy of the State Secretary for the Environment and Infrastructure (Sema), said: “this solar power plant, pioneering in this scale in the State, is an important project designed to operate in the distributed generation environment and will have investments of approximately R$ 20 million”.

Silveira explains that the microregions of the campaign have the highest solar radiation incidences and ample areas suitable for the installation of solar panels. “The Uruguaiana plant will have a capacity of 5 MW distributed across 13,888 photovoltaic modules, an energy production capacity that can be compared to what is necessary to supply 3,600 households.”

The project will be installed in an area already used for rice planting, in addition to producing photovoltaic energy, which will reduce the impact of its installation.

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The project will utilize state-of-the-art technologies, according to the project development director at SolarGrid – Solar Energy, Diogo Zaverucha Pinheiro, the Uruguaiana I Photovoltaic Plant will include 540 Wp monocrystalline photovoltaic modules with bifacial technology, which allows energy generation from solar irradiation incident on both its upper and lower sides.

And it doesn’t stop there; support structures for the photovoltaic modules will also be used in the form of trackers (solar trackers), which move throughout the day in relation to the position of the Sun. The combination of these two modern technologies can generate a 40% increase in energy production, said the company’s CEO, Fábio Baldez.

Rio Grande do Sul to Get Its First Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant With Environmental License Issued This Week

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