Former coal deposit will have solar farm installed to supply schools

Plant with 2,2 photovoltaic s will produce enough energy for 63 municipal schools in Criciúma (SC) 
Former coal deposit will have solar farm installed to supply schools
The solar farm will be located in Parque dos Imigrantes, a place that was once a coal deposit. Photo: Criciúma City Hall/Reproduction

A Criciúma City Hall (SC) signed, this Tuesday (13), a contract for the construction of the Nikola Tesla Solar Farm, at Immigrants Park, aiming at supply 63 public schools of the municipality. The location will have the capacity to 1 MW generation of energy through the solar source.

"Here, in this area, which was a coal waste deposit, we built the Parque dos Imigrantes and, now, we are building the Solar Farm Nikola Tesla, which will generate energy for all schools in the municipality”, said Clésio Salvaro, mayor of the city.

In all, there will be 2,2 550 W photovoltaic modules, representing a investment of BRL 3,5 million. The structure was developed in partnership with Enter (University of the Extremo Sul Catarinense). 

A initiative is part of the Sustainable Criciúma Program, which allocates almost R$40 million to projects aimed at the conscious and technological development of the municipality. With the program, the municipality seeks to become a reference in Smart Cities.

The concept involves municipalities investing resources in innovation and developing solutions that improve the lives of their inhabitants in various areas, such as security, water supply and the use of clean energy to mitigate the effects of global warming.

In Criciúma, in addition to the construction of the Nikola Tesla Solar Farm, program has also ed a acquisition and installation of public lighting with LED lamps and replacement of more than 100 combustion vehicles of the municipal fleet, made up of approximately 300 cars, by electric vehicles with motors powered by rechargeable batteries. 


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Henrique Hein
He worked at Correio Popular and Rádio Trianon. He has experience in podcast production, radio programs, interviews and reporting. Has been following the solar sector since 2020.

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