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O government of Minas Gerais announced this week that seven municipalities hit by Vale breakup in Brumadinho they go receive 52 photovoltaic plants for energy generation.
In another initiative, they stated that farmers from the city began to receive photovoltaic modules for the operation of mini-plants on rural properties covered by the Agro Development Program.
The project will be carried out by the mining company in Biquinhas (3), Caetanópolis (6), Felixlândia (1), Florestal (1), Maravilhas (21), Pequi (11) and São José da Varginha (9).
According to the Authority, the plants have as main objective to reduce municipal expenses with electrical energy, thus allowing the directing resources to priority areas such as health, education and social assistance. In Maravilhas, the project will also allocate solar plants to family farmers selected by the city.
“These initiatives were defined and detailed jointly with the affected municipalities, which know and monitor all stages, costs and schedules,” said the government.
All execution carried out by Vale is monitored by the audit of FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas), under supervision of the parties involved in the Reparation Term – Government of Minas Gerais, MPMG (Public Ministry of Minas Gerais), MPF (Federal Public Ministry) and DPMG (Defender Public of Minas Gerais).
50 new plants will be built, and two other existing plants will be acquired – one in Felixlândia and one in Florestal. All will be passed on to the respective city halls. “These are structures with different generation capacities, set up in strategic locations in the municipalities”, they highlighted.
Deadlines for deliveries vary depending on the size and complexity of the structures and range from ten months to one year and three months. The estimated cost to make the 52 plants viable is R$ 26.5 million. The projects were defined after the Popular Consultation held in the 26 municipalities affected.
The appeal refers to Annex I.3 of the Reparation Agreement for the damage caused by the Vale collapse, in Brumadinho, which occurred on January 25, 2019, which took the lives of 272 people and caused a series of environmental, economic and social damages .
Solar for Brumadinho producers
Brumadinho farmers benefiting from the Agro Development Program began receiving signs for the installation of solar plants. In total, 41 panels are expected to be delivered.
According to the Ministry, the first two were installed between December and January. According to the schedule, Vale has until June this year to complete the installations. The planned investment to make this action viable is R$ 1,434,127.01.
Power plants in municipalities
Biquinhas
Value: R$ 946,546.16.
Object: supply and installation of three distributed microgeneration photovoltaic plants.
Completion forecast: the schedule has a total duration of 11 months.
Caetanópolis
Value: R$ 2,374,214.80.
Object: supply and installation of six distributed microgeneration photovoltaic plants.
Completion forecast: the schedule has a total duration of one year and one month.
Felixlândia
Value: R$ 7,762,802.49.
Object: acquisition of a distributed minigeneration photovoltaic plant, already built and in operation, with an installed power of approximately 887 kW.
Expected completion: ten months.
Forestry
Value: R$ 4,600,695.77.
Object: acquisition of a distributed minigeneration photovoltaic plant, already built and in operation, with approximately 517 kW of installed capacity.
Expected completion: ten months.
Wonders
Value: R$ 3,682,350.62.
Object: supply and installation of 21 (twenty-one) distributed microgeneration photovoltaic plants.
Additional information: 12 of these plants will be destined for family farmers selected by the municipality.
Expected completion: 14 months
Pequi
Value: R$ 4,086,346.78.
Object: Supply and installation of 11 distributed microgeneration photovoltaic plants.
Expected completion: 12 months.
São José da Varginha
Value: R$ 3,076,347.48.
Object: supply and installation of nine distributed microgeneration photovoltaic plants.
Expected completion: 14 months.
