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ENGIE announced that it had signed a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) contract with the city of Petrolina (PE) to operate the city's lighting park.
The company, which has support from BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) to implement the project, will be committed to replacing 37,000 luminaires with LED equipment over 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 around 350 thousand people.
In addition to replacing luminaires, ENGIE will implement an Operational Control Center and management systems on the main public roads in Petrolina, with the aim of saving at least 50% of the energy consumed.
Energy efficiency
The company also highlighted that it will build intelligent remote operation and monitoring systems for accent and highlight lighting on the city's most important public roads, as well as investing in a lighting project for monuments and tourist attractions in Petrolina.
“The program will bring several benefits such as the promotion of tourism and local economic activity, more 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.
