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With around 370 kWp, Santa Catarina's new solar power plant will bring sustainability benefits to the IFSC Campus
On April 26, next Tuesday, the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC) will inaugurate the installation of a solar power plant in the city of Florianópolis, located in Santa Catarina. From the inauguration, the southern city will have a photovoltaic system that has more than a thousand solar capture plates.
According to a statement by the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, the investment for innovation in renewable energy, more specifically solar energy, is an initiative that has become increasingly popular around the world, as it brings many benefits to the environment and economy for families, companies and institutions.
According to Sofia Pontes' article written for Canal Solar, the launch of the new solar power plant in Santa Catarina will take place during the 4th International Mobility Congress (Mobisul), whose theme this year will be "The challenges and opportunities of mobility sustainability", as it is a very present issue in current debates and attracts attention from the media and investors.
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About the project and expectations of the new plant
The devices and equipment needed for the new solar energy plant are already installed on the roofs of the Coqueiros campus and the Rectory of the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina. In addition, they operate with approximately 370 kilowatt peak (kWp), which promises to deliver a generation of solar energy capable of supplying the consumption of most buildings. According to the Institute, it is expected that, with the operation of the plant, the energy bill of the Rectory to fall by half, while that of the campus will decrease by up to 80%.
Rubipiara Cavalcante Fernandes, professor in charge and technical supervisor of the project for the new solar energy plant in Santa Catarina, says: “The net metering system will generate energy credit and can be used later for what will be consumed at night, which will come from the network".
Voltalia commissions its largest solar energy project with the Serra do Mel I and Serra do Mel II plants, located in Rio Grande do Norte
The energy company Voltalia announced, last Tuesday (19/04), the commissioning of its largest solar energy project in all of Brazil. Thus, the Serra do Mel I and Serra do Mel II plants will be integrated and will become the company's largest undertaking with a focus on expanding installed capacity within the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Voltalia is a company in the energy sector that focuses on production and new solutions for the renewable energy sector in Brazil and has now announced the commissioning of its largest solar energy project in the country. Thus, with the merger of the Serra do Mel I and Serra do Mel II plants, located in the Serra Branca Complex, in Rio Grande do Norte, the company will own a gigantic enterprise within the segment in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The commissioning of the plants will provide the technical, operational and productive integration of the solar energy complexes and, at the end of the Voltalia project, the undertaking will have an installed capacity of 320 MW, which is enough to supply a city with up to 400 thousand homes. Thus, this will be the largest of the company's undertakings in the field of solar energy generation in all of Brazil and, therefore, will receive an extra focus from Voltalia so that the process takes place in the best possible way. To learn more about solar energy, click here to read this news in full.
