Schlumberger has announced new plans to install a solar plant at its Macaé unit. The solar energy project will have an area of ​​1.972 m² and will be able to generate more than 530 kWh per year.

A Schlumberger, the largest provider of energy services in the world, with the aim of expanding its range of actions aimed at sustainability, installed a solar plant with thousands of photovoltaic panels of 395 Wp, spread over an area of ​​1.972 square meters on the roof of the unit.

Solar power plant in Macaé will be able to generate 530 thousand Kwh per year

With the initiative, Schlumberger will promote the reduction of 70.790 kg of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere per year, the equivalent of planting 2.832 trees. The power of the solar plant in Macaé is 405,27 kWp, equivalent to 10% of the average consumption of the company's unit.

Located in a favorable location, with regard to solar radiation, Schlumberger's solar plant in Macaé should generate around 530 kWh per year. According to the managing director of Schlumberger in Brazil, Bruno Alves, the company is seeking, through various projects, to reduce CO2 emissions and consumption in its operations.

Investment in solar power plant in Macaé follows the model of self-production of electricity, focusing on large consumers who are in the free contracting environment and have one or more power plants that generate energy for their own business.

In the project developed by Grugeen Consultoria, the choice, at this first moment, was for a lower energy generation, through GRID Zero, that is, without energy injection into the concessionaire's network, making management and installation much easier.

Schlumberger buys renewable energy

Investment in the solar power plant in Macaé demonstrates Schlumberger's commitment to actions related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDs), in particular SDG 7, with the aim of guaranteeing access to cheap, sustainable, reliable and renewable energy for all , which sets the objective of expanding the share of renewable energies in the global energy matrix by the next decade.

In addition to the initiatives in Macaé, Schlumberger already purchases renewable energy on the free market for the Taubaté and OneSubsea units, which have contracts for 687 MWh and 176 MWh, respectively. 

Other actions also focused on energy efficiency at the Macaé base, include charging stations for electric bicycles and replacing 100% of the lighting with LED lamps. According to Bruno, in addition to mitigating the company's carbon footprint with these solar energy actions and others, Schlumberger also seeks to position itself as an agent that induces good practices aimed at energy consumption.

The company also wants to be recognized for the economic, social and environmental impacts it generates on society through its commitment to sustainable development. In addition, the executive claims that this is just the first step for the company in the field of self-production of renewable, clean and sustainable energy. The objective is to expand the current solar plant in Macaé with the installation of new systems in other units.

About Schlumberger

Schlumberger has been in the country for more than seven decades, being the largest energy services company in the world.

Currently, the company generates job opportunities for around 126 employees of more than 140 nationalities who work in more than 85 countries. Its main offices are located in the city of Houston, in the USA, in Paris, in France and in The Hague, in the Netherlands.