Brazil's Paraiba to come to be residence to 1.6-GW solar project as well as PV manufacturing facility

• Brazilian power company Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis SA will carry out a 1,625-MW solar power facility in Paraiba state, governor Joao Azevedo announced on Friday.

Named Santa Luzia, the solar project will consist of 28 ranches with a specific capability of 58 MWp. Rio Alto estimates it will at first invest some BRL 4.1 billion (USD 801.5 m/EUR 662m) in the system.

A total of 1.3 million solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) panels will cover a 1,700-hectare (4,200 acres) location in the cities of Santa Luzia as well as Sao Mamede. With conclusion scheduled for January 2023, the Santa Luzia facility will certainly be able to create sufficient power to meet the demand of over 1.6 million residences.

On the exact same day, governor Azevedo also revealed the construction of a solar PV panel production center in Joao Pessoa community by Brazilian company Balfar Solar, with first financial investments of BRL 70 million. When up and running in January 2022, the manufacturing facility will certainly be the biggest and also most modern-day of its kind in Latin America, with an expected production of greater than 150,000 panels annually, with capabilities varying from 340 Wp to 450 Wp, the federal government pointed out.

Together, the solar complicated and also the factory are seen to produce more than 5,100 straight as well as indirect jobs.