Brazil's Atiaia Renovaveis to build 27.5-MW solar park for local glass manufacturer
- Brazilian glass maker Vivix Vidros Planos perseverance its production facility in the eastern city of Goiana with a 27.5-MW solar plant that will be constructed by domestic renewables firm Atiaia Renovaveis.
The Maravilhas I solar (PV) park is set to commence procedures in January 2024, Vivix revealed on Tuesday. The power generated by the solar farm will be enough to meet all the electrical power needs of the factory in Goiana, Pernambuco state. Maravilhas I perseverance likewise the firm's second plant which is set up to open in the 2nd half of 2025.
Both companies come from Brazilian corporation Grupo Cornelio Brennand.
To be located on a 85-hectares (210 acres) site 1.6 kilometres from the Vivix factory, Maravilhas I becomes part of the Maravilhas Complex with a complete set up capacity of 227 MW, Atiaia mentioned in a LinkedIn article.
Vivix Vidros Planos' head of state, Henrique Lisboa, noted that the collaboration will certainly make the Vivix factory the very first in the region to have its electrical power needs met 100% by a solar park.