en.Wedoany.com Reported - The São Paulo state government has issued a tender notice for the construction and installation of a photovoltaic solar power plant in the municipality of Águas de São Pedro, aiming to partially meet the electricity demand of local public facilities.

The public tender was officially launched this Wednesday (10th), and interested companies can submit their proposals until June 29th. According to the tender documents, the project plans to build a power plant with an installed capacity of 1 MWp, which will be connected to the CPFL Paulista grid. The estimated investment for the project is 4.3 million Brazilian reais, funded by non-repayable grants from the São Paulo State Pollution Prevention Fund (Fecop).

In addition to offsetting electricity consumption in public buildings with renewable energy, the project also plans to replace the hot water systems currently using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in municipal bathhouses with electric water heating systems. Furthermore, the project will install electric vehicle charging stations, preparing for the future electrification of the municipal fleet.

The Águas de São Pedro municipal government stated that its current annual expenditure on energy, fuel, fleet maintenance, traditional heating systems, and other public facilities is approximately 3 million Brazilian reais. It is estimated that after the power plant becomes operational, it can save about 800,000 Brazilian reais annually in electricity costs. Beyond direct cost savings, the electricity generation compensation will also create conditions for expanding the electrification of energy uses in the municipality.

"In addition to generating renewable energy and reducing the municipality's electricity expenses, the photovoltaic solar power plant is also a means of adopting energy solutions that replace fossil fuels, without which this would not be achievable," said Natália Resende, Secretary of the São Paulo State Department of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (Semil).

The power plant will be classified as distributed mini-generation in remote self-consumption mode. In this model, the electricity generated will be injected into the local distribution grid and converted into credits, which will be used to offset the electricity consumption of municipal public units on an accounting basis. This initiative is part of the São Paulo state government's strategy to expand the use of renewable energy, reduce emissions, and promote the electrification of municipal public services.

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