Eletrobras Amazonas Energia launches off grids site in Sobrado (AM);
the project was developed by a consortium between Guascor and Kyocera.
A great emotion gripped Sobrado, the banks of Rio Negro, in Novo Airão (AM): it’s time to celebrate the arrival of electricity in the community, thanks to the installation of a solar power and an off grid site distribution system. The Project, coordinated by Eletrobras Amazonas Energia (Eletrobras Amazon Energy) and developed under the Light for Everybody Program (LPT), involves the installation of 12 plants in Autazes, Barcelos, Beruri, Eirunepé and Maués. Guascor is proud in participating in the implementation of systems, in partnership with Kyocera.
Photovoltaic modules convert solar energy into electricity, stored in batteries and distributed by off grid site to homes and consumer units, such as school and church. The prepaid system and the control of the operation are done remotely, from headquarters of the Eletrobras Amazonas Energia, in Manaus. In Sobrado, 15 families are benefited; all projects benefit more than 1,000 people.
| This billing system allows consumers to buy, in the community, a card similar to that of mobile phones with value equivalent to the use intended. Each residence received a device that triggers an audible alarm indicating that the “credits” are ending.
The plant inauguration took place on July 8. Participants: CEO of Eletrobras Amazonas Energia, Marcos Aurélio Silva, vice-governor of the State, José Melo de Oliveira, LPT coordinator at Eletrobras holding, Ricardo Valadares, LPT manager in the Amazon State, Radyr Gomes, and local authorities. The president of Guascor, Joaquim Pereira, and his team accompanied the event. Marco Rossi, vice-president of Equipment and Environmental Solutions at Dresser-Rand, took the opportunity to know the work of Guascor on the isolated system in Amazon. |
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Best lifeWith energy 24 hours/day, riverains from Sobrado pass to save an average cost of R$150.00, cost of purchasing fuel for the generator that served for only three hours. The arrival of continuous electricity changes the reality: considering the hot weather, to keeping food in the refrigerator is new. “Electricity is the fuel of progress. Everyone’s life takes on a new meaning”, said the community leader, Raymond Alves. Now, you can realize the dream of watching television at home without interruptions, and the conditions of education, with evening classes and internet. The electricity alone cannot solve all problems from Sobrado. But it is a path that starts to go, not only improving the quality of life, such as access to more information and training people. In the event, the deputy governor, José Oliveira, recalled his own story: the poor boy that learned to read at 12 and got there! “Maybe one of these boys do not turn a governor,” he said in emotional speech. |
