A Ufal (Federal University of Alagoas) announced the installation of a solar plant with the aim of meeting part of the university's energy demand.
The installation, financed by Equatorial Energias Alagoas, is located in the municipality of Maceió (AL) next to the University Forum, at the entrance to the AC Simões Campus, with an area of three thousand square meters.
A plant has 134 kWp, consisting of 360 photovoltaic modules and four inverters in a system with 125 kWp of power, in addition to a solar parking lot with three preferred spaces, 27 photovoltaic modules and two inverters with 9 kWp of power.
According to the institution, Energy saving is essential for the university's operation, since electricity expenses are one of the main cost items at Campus Simões.
The space includes a classroom and training room; an electrocenter, where the inverters are installed; a secretariat; a meeting room; a warehouse; and a roof, intended for the installation of meteorological stations.
We also pack any the enterprise will also function as a teaching and research laboratory, offering opportunities for studies and experiments related to photovoltaic generation.
“With an innovative project, the mini-plant stands out as an important infrastructure for training qualified professionals in the areas of energy efficiency and distributed photovoltaic generation”, highlights professor Márcio Cavalcante, coordinator of the Research, Development and Innovation Project, which made the plant viable .
According to the professor, the installation can be used to develop projects linked to Ceca (Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Campus), IC (Institute of Computing) and Ctec (Technology Center).
According to the university, The initiative's main objective is to provide a learning environment capable of integrating theory and practice in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
“The classroom will be used by advanced classes of Engineering courses at Ceca, IC and Ctec, allowing students to experience up close the processes of generation, distribution and use of solar energy”, says Cavalcante.
The building will be a candidate for the Procel Building Seal, since, according to Cavalcante, the project was designed to obtain level A classification in the three aspects of energy efficiency that are analyzed.
“The Procel Buildings Seal’s main objective is to identify buildings that have the best energy efficiency ratings, both in the design stage, valid until the completion of the work, and in the constructed building stage”, adds the researcher.
