Essentia Energia activates 475-MWp solar complicated in Brazil

• Brazilian investment manager Patria Investimentos, with its renewable energy system Essentia Energia, has actually put the 475-MWp Sol do Sertao photovoltaic (PV) complex right into operation in Brazil's Bahia state.

Spread over a 1,000-hectare (2,471 acres) area in the municipality of Oliveira dos Brejinhos, the PV plant required a financial investment of BRL 1.4 billion (USD 247.2 m/EUR 212.4 m).

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) assisted finance the asset with a BRL-910-million disbursement, the firm said.

Comprised of greater than one million bifacial solar components, Sol do Sertao ought to can generating enough power to satisfy the need of 580,000 neighborhood homes and counter some 465,000 tonnes of co2 (CO2) discharges each year.

Essentia Energia is presently constructing the 465-MW Ventos de Sao Vitor wind park, additionally based in Bahia and also expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.