O CCR Group, a mobility infrastructure company in Brazil, expanded into 36,4% own solar energy production in 2023 for supply of its highways compared to 2022, reaching a volume of 3.610 MWh – enough to serve around 2 thousand homes per month.
This increase is in line with the company objective to have 100% of its electrical energy consumption supplied by renewable sources. Currently, the company operates 11 solar plants close to its highway concessions in Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina, which total 3,1 MWp of installed capacity.
These projects have been providing electrical energy to supply services such as road lighting and operation of toll plazas, among other services. In total, the volume of energy generated by these plants helped avoid the emission of 259 tons of CO2 in CCR Group operations in 2023, which is equivalent to the planting of 1.849 trees.
“We believe that the future of mobility is green and, therefore, we invested in projects that will enable the decarbonization of mobility infrastructure in Brazil,” said Pedro Sutter, vice president of sustainability, risks and compliance at CCR Group.
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In addition to the use of solar energy on highways, the CCR Group os trains and subways operated by the company already use 95% of electricity from renewable sources. The company's goal is to have 100% renewable energy in all assets by 2025.
For this, the companhia informed that is executing investments to expand your installed capacity solar energy generation park close to its highways, in addition to acquiring renewable energy certificates from your suppliers No. Free Energy Market.
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