Italian Enel Green begins construction of solar power plant of R $1.4 bi in Piauí

The Italian Enel Green announced on Monday, 22, the start of construction of the solar Park São Gonçalo, 475 MW, in São Gonçalo do gurguéia, in Piauí. According to the company, a subsidiary of the Italian group Enel, this is the largest solar photovoltaic project currently under construction in South America and will receive investments of R $1.4 billion. The forecast is that the plant is brought on-line in 2020. Investment. Park received $ $175 million supply photo: Daniel Teixeira/associated press "the start of construction this photovoltaic plant strengthens our leadership in Brazilian renewable energy sector and confirms once again the importance that we attach to the development of solar energy in the country, "said Antonio Cammisecra, head of Enel Green Power, global business line of the renewable energy group Enel. The total installed capacity of 475 MW, 388 MW were sold on the auction-4 held in December 2017, in contracts for the supply of energy in 20 years. The remaining 87 MW will be directed to the free market. The Enel Group has, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power and Enel Brazil, a total installed capacity of over 2.9 GW from renewable sources, of which 842 MW of wind energy, 820 MW of photovoltaic solar energy and 1,269 MW of hydropower. In addition, the company has more than 1 GW running in Brazil, conquered in the auctions of 2017. Bahia this is not the first foray of the Italian company in Brazil. Only in Bom Jesus da Lapa (BA), located on the edge of the São Francisco River, the Enel Green Power invested $ $175 million, something around £ $542 million. In little more than a year, 500,000 solar panels started to cover an area of 330 hectares, the equivalent of 462 football fields. During this period, the country town, used with the shuttle of the faithful and with much more modest figures, went to live with a mixture of languages. 00:00 03:30 the energy that comes from the Sun as the production chain in Brazil is still incipient, the equipment to mount the solar Park came from various parts of the world. The panels that capture sunlight were manufactured in China; the converters to transform solar energy into electricity that arrives at the home of consumers came from Italy; and assembling the structure that enables the movement of the panels toward the Sun was made by Spaniards. At the peak of the work, more than a thousand workers were hired for the project. To be on the side of the city, there was no need to build accommodation, as occurs in large projects. In addition, the structure of existing hotels to the faithful who visit the shrine of Bom Jesus da Lapa helped a lot on workers ' accommodation. Still, new hotels and restaurants were opened to meet the demand, which should remain steady for some time.