A Copel (Companhia Paranaense de Energia) inaugurated a plant de shared generation in the municipality of Sarandi, in the northwest of Paraná. The plant has a installed power of 6,7 MWp, and will produce 13,7GWh power per annum.
The project is part of the Copel Solar, a business model for the distributor in the form of shared generation. Consumers can save near 15% on the electricity bill when joining.
Initially, Copel Solar is only available to commercial customers in the Group B, which have a monthly bill higher than 400,00 BRL and that still are not using the system compensation of energy, such as a rooftop distributed generation system.
“The start of operation of the plant contributes to expanding our business and expanding our operations in the distributed generation of photovoltaic array market”, says Cassio Santana da Silva, director of Business Development at Copel.
“For the consumer, the initiative represents an opportunity to consume clean energy and, at the same time, save money.”
The Sarandi complex, in the Maringá region, is composed of 9.720 panels photovoltaic and 90 solar trackers. They are installed over an area of 11 hectares.
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