On Wednesday afternoon (29), Böno Fotovoltaico will inaugurate the first solar plant in Latin America built on top of a disused landfill. The inauguration will take place at the Caximba landfill, in Curitiba (PR).
With an investment of R$28 million and installed capacity of 4,55 MW, the construction of the solar plant is the result of collaboration between the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to support cities in developing economies, the Municipality of Curitiba and Bonö Fotovoltaico.
According to the companies, with the start of the plant's operations, savings of R$3,5 million per year will be generated in electricity costs for the municipality's public buildings.
The plant has around 8,6 solar panels, enough to supply more than 30% of public buildings in Curitiba, with a return on investment in around five years.
Böno highlights that with the project the municipality will be able to reduce the emission of 2 thousand tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, thus contributing to the achievement of the city's goals of reducing greenhouse gases to combat global warming.
“This is a highly complex project that required a lot of technical study from the engineering team, mainly to overcome the challenges of soil and terrain in a photovoltaic system that had never been done before in the country or in South America. It took about two years of development and analysis to arrive at a safe and efficient project,” says Marcelo Abuhamad, commercial director of Grupo Bonö Energia.
“With this inauguration, the plant becomes a reference for sustainable design and environmental construction on landfill for other city halls and private waste treatment and final disposal enterprises in the country”, he adds.
From the conception, bidding and execution of the work, the project had the technical and financial support of international entities such as the C40 Network of Large Cities for Climate Leadership – a group that brings together cities such as New York, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Yokohama and Stockholm, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German government entity.
