Stores of Sugar Loaf em Sao Paulo-SP) be powered by solar energy. For this, the GPA (Sugarloaf Group) signed a contract with EDP, which provides for the supply of 40 units do Sugarloaf Minute in the city.
The contract provides for the supply of 16,8GWh by DG (Distributed Generation) between 2024 and 2026 generated in the solar power plants de Lorena, Santa Adelia, Rudder, Pirangi e Hyperon. The agreement is part of the retail chain's strategy to decarbonize your activities.
With that, airCO2 emission reduction is estimated at 648,5 tonnes until the end of the contract. For Renata Amaral, sustainability manager at GPA, the group's objective is to evolve more and more in environmental management of business, searching sustainable solutions e efficient, not only in the energy field, but in the entire production chain.
O GPA already buys energy on the free market for the highest consumption units, but is betting on GD for “neighborhood stores”, such as Minuto or Mini Extra, which had 326 units until the second quarter of this year.
As new stores open, the goal is to source renewable energy. Based on the year 2025, company traced a goal of reduce its emissions by 30% by 2025.
A EDP is today one of the largest marketers of energy in the free market with 661 clients. In GD, has one budget of R$600 million to double its capacity of solar generation by 2026, reaching 500 MW.
According to a Carlos Andrade, Vice President of Customer Solutions in South America, the closing of this contract with one of the main groups in the food retail sector in Brazil reinforces the strategy of leading the generation distributed solar eatenergy transition in the country.
Energy consumption in markets
O Sugarloaf Minute is a premium proximity format from GPA, the stores have, on average, 300m².
A electricity is second highest cost em markets e supermarkets, behind only the payroll, according to data from ABRAS (Brazilian Association of Supermarkets).
Systems REFRIGERAÇAO e lighting are the greatest demands of the sector, representing 40 % e 20 % respectively.
In commercial consumption by segment, the retailer leads the ranking, with a participation of 31,6%, or 21.960 GWh. Of these, the supermarket segment recorded 10,4% in hypermarkets and supermarkets, and 20% in small markets and warehouses.
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