Energy efficiency project will benefit 350 thousand people in Pernambuco

ENGIE announced that it has signed a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) contract with the municipality of PetroLina (PE) will operate the city's lighting system. The company, which has support from BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) for the implementation of the project, will be committed to replacing the 37 streetlights with LED equipment within a period of 12 months.

The contract has a term of 20 years and provides for the modernization, expansion, and maintenance of the municipality's lighting infrastructure, benefiting approximately 350 people. In addition to replacing light fixtures, ENGIE will implement an Operational Control Center and management systems on the main public roads of [city name]. Petrolina, with the goal of saving at least 50% of the energy consumed.

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The company also highlighted that it will build intelligent remote operation and monitoring systems for accent lighting and highlighting the city's most important public roads, as well as invest in a lighting project for monuments and tourist attractions. Petro"The program will bring several benefits such as the promotion of tourism and local economic activity, greater security, and a better quality of life," highlighted Leonardo Serpa, CEO of ENGIE Soluções.

“Our purpose is to act to accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more sustainable solutions. And this acceleration necessarily involves the transformation of urban centers,” he pointed out.

For Serpa, public lighting represents a gateway to the development of smart cities in Brazil. “This is because the infrastructure dedicated to it, when granted through a PPP contract, can serve as a basis for adding smart services”, he concluded.