1,73 MWp plant is installed on the roof of a packaging company

System, which belongs to the Procópio group, located in southern Brazil, has almost 3 thousand photovoltaic modules

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A Procópio Packaging, one of the largest bags in Latin America, which is located in the municipality of Campo Largo (PR), received the installation of a plant de 1,73 MWp.

The system, installed on the roof, has 2.933 photovoltaic modules of 590 Wp Trina Solar e 13 investors 100 kW of WEG. In total, the customer is getting a average economy de R$60 thousand monthly.

According to a Lucas Pereira, executive director of BORNE Energia, the company responsible for the project, with the amount saved, the resources are being used to investments No. industrial park, as well as new machines.

WEG inverters used in the project. Photo: BORNE Energia/Disclosure — WEG inverters used in the project. Image: BORNE Energia/Disclosure

According to him, the plant generates 175 thousand kWh/month and will contribute to the reduction of 970 tons of CO2 per year. "This is largest photovoltaic plant de roof do Sul of Brazil, built in a free consumer unit, that is, Procópio buys energy on the free market”, he explained.

“The enterprise is grid-zero, without injection of energy into the energy distributor’s electrical grid, and it was planned to have the generation curve behind the load curve”, concluded Pereira.

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Mateus Badra

Journalist graduated from PUC-Campinas. He worked as a producer, reporter and presenter on TV Bandeirantes and Metro Jornal. He has been following the Brazilian electricity sector since 2020.