{"id":8058,"date":"2021-10-08T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2021-10-08T16:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:33:39","slug":"edpr-opens-the-biggest-solar-complex-in-sao-paulo-state-with-an-installed-capacity-of-252-mwdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/2021\/10\/08\/edpr-opens-the-biggest-solar-complex-in-sao-paulo-state-with-an-installed-capacity-of-252-mwdc\/","title":{"rendered":"EDPR opens the biggest solar complex in S\u00e3o Paulo State, with an installed capacity of 252 MWdc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Located in the city of Pereira Barreto, it will be the fifth-largest solar farm in Brazil and EDPR\u2019s largest in the world<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pereira Barreto (SP), 08 October 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Today, EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), the world&#8217;s fourth largest renewable energy producer, is opening the largest solar complex in S\u00e3o Paulo State and the fifth largest in Brazil, with an installed capacity of 252.29 MWdc. Located in Pereira Barreto, the solar complex will be the largest in the world to be developed, built and operated by the company.<\/p>\n<p>The photovoltaic plant is having a positive impact on the region\u2019s socioeconomic development and is helping to create sustainable employment. The project has already led to 1,500 jobs since the start of its construction, more than half of which (56%) are at local level.<\/p>\n<p>The project covers a total area of 455 hectares, equivalent to 421 football pitches, and will avoid more than 150 tons of CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions each year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cPereira Barreto represents the company&#8217;s commitment to diversification, in this case to photovoltaic solar energy. Brazil is a key market in terms of achieving our Business Plan. In the medium to long term, we plan to develop similar projects in the region, creating even more jobs and working to protect the environment. We\u2019re changing tomorrow now\u201d<\/em>, says <strong>Miguel Stilwell d\u2019Andrade<\/strong>, CEO of EDP and EDP Renov\u00e1veis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With almost 600,000 photovoltaic panels, the solar farm will generate up to 547,000 MWh per year \u2013 enough to supply a city of more than 750,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/2021\/10\/08\/edpr-ouvre-sa-plus-grande-centrale-solaire-dans-letat-de-sao-paulo-dune-capacite-installee-de-252-mwp\/edpr-pereira_barreto-0009-alta\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR-Pereira_Barreto-0009-alta.jpg\" alt=\"Vue d'avion du La parc solaire de Pereira Barreto au Br\u00e9sil, compos\u00e9 de pr\u00e8s de 600 000 panneaux photovolta\u00efques, op\u00e9r\u00e9 par EDPR\" width=\"958\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR-Pereira_Barreto-0009-alta.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR-Pereira_Barreto-0009-alta-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR-Pereira_Barreto-0009-alta-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company that will commercialize the green energy of this major solar project will be EDP Brasil (ENBR3), through its trading company, the third largest private trader and the largest retail trader in the Brazilian market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/2021\/10\/08\/edpr-ouvre-sa-plus-grande-centrale-solaire-dans-letat-de-sao-paulo-dune-capacite-installee-de-252-mwp\/edpr_pereira-barrero_1024x512pix-copia\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR_Pereira-Barrero_1024x512pix-copia.png\" alt=\"Sch\u00e9ma explicatif de la centrale solaire EDPR Pereira Barreto au Br\u00e9sil, compos\u00e9 de pr\u00e8s de 600 000 panneaux photovolta\u00efques, op\u00e9r\u00e9 par EDPR\" width=\"1025\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR_Pereira-Barrero_1024x512pix-copia.png 1025w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR_Pereira-Barrero_1024x512pix-copia-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR_Pereira-Barrero_1024x512pix-copia-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EDPR_Pereira-Barrero_1024x512pix-copia-600x300.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About EDP Renewables (EDPR)<\/h3>\n<p>EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), is a global leader in the renewable energy sector and\u00a0the world&#8217;s fourth-largest renewable energy producer.\u00a0With a sound development pipeline, first class assets,\u00a0and market-leading operating capacity, EDPR has undergone exceptional development in recent years and is currently present in 17 international markets (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Chile, Vietnam, the United Kingdom,\u00a0and the United States).<\/p>\n<p>EDPR is committed to furthering social advances in terms of sustainability and integration. This is reflected by the inclusion of the company in the Bloomberg Gender Equality index and the fact that it has been certified as a\u00a0Top Employer 2020 in Europe (Spain, Italy, France, Romania, Portugal,\u00a0and the United Kingdom)\u00a0and a Top Workplace 2020 in the United States,\u00a0both of which recognize its employee-driven policies.<\/p>\n<p>Energias\u00a0de Portugal, S.A. (\u201cEDP\u201d), the principal shareholder of EDPR, is a global energy company and a leader in value creation, innovation,\u00a0and sustainability. EDP has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 13 consecutive years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the city of Pereira Barreto, it will be the fifth-largest solar farm in Brazil and EDPR\u2019s largest in the world Pereira Barreto (SP), 08 October 2021 \u2014 Today, EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), the world&#8217;s fourth largest renewable energy producer, is opening the largest solar complex in S\u00e3o Paulo State and the fifth largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5825,5828],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5825","category-edpr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8061,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions\/8061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}