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Elera Renováveis has commissioned the third phase of the 1.6 GW Janaúba solar complex in Brazil
consists of 27 solar parks spread across 3,800 hectares
From <a href="https://www.pv-magazine-brasil.com/2025/01/13/elera-inicia-operacao-da-terceira-fase-do-complexo-solar-janauba-que-chega-a-1-617-mwp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pv magazine Brazil</a>
Elera Renováveis has inaugurated the second phase of the 1,617 MW solar complex in Janaúba
The project is the largest operational PV facility in the Americas
Its second and final phase has a capacity of 422 MW
The first 1.2 GW portion of the complex was completed in July 2023
Elera Renováveis said it invested BRL 5 billion ($820 million) in the Janaúba project
which consists of 27 solar parks spread across a surface of around 3,800 hectares
The Brazilian renewables developer began construction in January 2021
In 2021, Brazilian Development Bank (<a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/03/07/brazils-bndes-reduces-interest-rate-for-loans-for-large-scale-solar-from-1-7-to-0-9/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BNDES</a>)
approved BRL 1.47 billion of financing for 14 plants in the complex
equivalent to 72% of the total planned investment of BRL 2.04 billion
The complex features tracking systems from US-based <a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/01/19/nextracker-to-go-public/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nextracker</a>
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Elera debuted in the photovoltaic sector by acquiring three major solar projects under development that will add another 1,800 MW to its installed capacity
the largest solar park in Latin America and one of the largest solar developments globally
With ESG principles intrinsic to its performance in clean energy generation
Elera has projects registered on the I-REC Platform
This global system allows the ability to track attributes of renewable electricity production from its location of generation to its place of consumption
the company sold its first clean energy certificate
It is expected that Brazil will require over 6,000 MW of new supply annually to meet growing demand
Elera is well-positioned to continue participating in the large and diversified Brazilian economy through the construction and delivery of its development pipeline and the search for new business opportunities
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bringing the death toll to eight on the day the first victims were buried.Cecilia Davine Dias and Yasmin Medeiros Salvino
told AFP.The tragedy unfolded Thursday morning in Janauba
a town of 70,000 people around 370 miles (600 kilometers) from Belo Horizonte
the state capital of Minas Gerais.A security guard at the nursery sprayed his young victims with alcohol before setting fire to the building
He himself died from burns a few hours later.According to local authorities
2 min readPublished 7 October 2017 10:56am
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