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It began on Tuesday (22) the Show Safra, an event held annually by Rio Verde Foundation which brings together crops from the main harvest and second harvest, a fair for machinery, equipment, products and services related to agribusiness, to discuss socioeconomic issues of agricultural activity.
The event continues until this Friday (25th) with a commercial and technical focus and is held in person in the city of Lucas do Rio Verde (MT). And in this edition, Show Safra opens discussions involving the generation of photovoltaic solar energy and its greater effectiveness in the field.
Today, the rural class has 1.2 GW of installed power in solar DG (distributed generation), occupying third place in the national ranking, behind the residential (4.1 GW) and commercial (3 GW) class. The data are from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
Furthermore, in 2021 agribusiness grew 8.3%, being considered one of the anchors of the country's economy. For Charles Bispo, Sales Manager for the Midwest Region of Renovigi Solar Energy, photovoltaic energy is gaining more and more importance and is becoming more present in Brazilian agribusiness, due to its internal and global protagonism.
“Since the possibility of own energy generation was established, around R$ 3.4 billion have already been invested in solar energy, generating more than 26 thousand direct and indirect jobs”, says Bispo.
Another advantage of generating your own energy is no longer depending on the instabilities that occur in rural areas in the supply of conventional energy networks. This way, producers will not suffer from interruptions and fluctuating energy rates that impact the economy of the projects.
The savings that solar energy generates become relevant for the sector since electricity costs for agribusiness are high and correspond to a significant portion of investments in production.
Vagner Marcos Rhoden, owner partner of Vento Minuano Energia Solar, accredited by Renovigi, comments that it is common for energy expenditure in this sector to be high, as the demand for vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry increases every day: “In addition , electricity is also spent on preparing and transporting agricultural products”, concludes Vagner.
For Gustavo Martins, CEO of Renovigi, agribusiness also works as an operating strategy: “It is an area with high use of technology, which adds innovation and sustainability”, and adds: “The evolution of credit and financing lines allows producers to rural areas to purchase equipment for the generation of photovoltaic energy more easily, often with months of grace period and very low interest rates”, he added.
