The Iberdrola group plans to put in in Brazil, by way of its subsidiary Neoenergia, the corporate’s first floating photovoltaic plant on the planet. The venture will probably be constructed above the water of the Xaréu dam on the island of Fernando de Noronha, acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Pure Heritage Web site, the place Iberdrola is growing varied sustainable vitality options.
This initiative is finished with Pernambuco Sanitation Firm (Compesa), which operates the water and sewage distribution community all through the island, and with the assist of the Vitality Effectivity Program regulated by the Brazilian Nationwide Electrical Vitality Company (Aneel).
With an output of 630 kilowatts (kW), the floating plant will generate about 1,240 megawatt hours (MWh) of inexperienced vitality per yr, sufficient to cowl, with zero-kilometer electrical energy provide, greater than 50% of vitality consumption in Compesa on the island. The set up has round 940 panels that forestall atmospheric emissions of greater than 1,660 tons of CO2 per yr. The development of this venture, which is predicted to begin earlier than the top of the yr, will contain an funding of two million euros.
The event of the primary floating solar energy plant will enable the Iberdrola group to check this new know-how and analyze its doable growth.
Vitality adjustments for a society
This plant joins different sustainable tasks created by the corporate to supply renewable options and promote the preservation of the island’s ecosystem, the one inhabited island within the volcanic archipelago positioned within the northeast of Brazil, within the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Amongst these initiatives is the just lately inaugurated Vacaria photo voltaic plant. That is the primary of two photo voltaic farms, every with a capability of fifty kW, designed to provide electrical automobiles solely. If there’s a surplus, the surplus vitality is fed into the distribution grid.
The development of those services is a part of the ‘Senda Verde’ venture created by the Iberdrola group inside the Aneel R&D Programme, the place it has companions resembling Renault and the Middle for Telecommunications Analysis and Improvement (CPqD), amongst others. Due to this initiative, the island now has ten electrical automobiles for the vacationer and district administration to make use of. As well as, 12 new charging factors are deliberate to be put in in strategic areas.
The corporate additionally intends to advertise the usage of electrical bicycles amongst vacationers and residents of Fernando de Noronha, which covers an space of roughly 17 sq. kilometers. To this finish, it has began putting in 24 charging factors in 4 stations. The vitality used on this gear – which will probably be donated to the Pernambuco State Authorities – will probably be generated by photo voltaic panels positioned on the roof of the buildings, which permits them for use freed from cost.
The group additionally promotes the event of small renewable sources to switch the usage of diesel mills, that are accountable for 80% of the vitality used on the island. To this finish, the corporate has carried out 9 self-consumption photovoltaic techniques in properties, companies, public our bodies and non-governmental organizations.
As well as, it has Noronha I and II photo voltaic vegetation that, with a era of 100 MWh monthly, cowl practically 10% of the island’s vitality wants. These parks have a storage system with two lithium-ion batteries that enable the storage of unused photo voltaic vitality to be used throughout peak demand.
The territory of Fernando de Noronha can be the primary within the northeast of Brazil with sensible grids, and final yr it had a totally renovated fleet of meters. The brand new gear permits distant entry, higher service in case of incidents and the potential for connecting inexperienced gear to self-consumption.
Along with these measures, different initiatives embody the alternative of outdated fridges with extra environment friendly fashions and the donation of energy-saving gentle bulbs to residents of the archipelago.
This set of sustainable actions, technological innovation and the growth of unpolluted vitality sources is an indication of the viability of a clear and dependable enterprise mannequin that contributes to decarbonization and self-energy. in an remoted ecosystem like Noronha.
