Operating company Neoenergia has already started to test the solar park located in the municipality of Santa Luzia, in the state of Paraíba. With a capacity of 149 megawatts, the solar PV plant is scheduled to come into operation in July. It should be noted that both the manufacture of the central inverters and the integration of the substations were conducted locally, at Ingeteam’s production plant in the state of Sao Paulo, where it has been based for more than 20 years. Specifically, 18 power stations or substations have been supplied, each including four central inverters, thus achieving a ‘turnkey’ 6.56-megawatt solution.
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Substation protection and control cabinets have also been equipped with IEC61850 IEDs from the Ingepac family, which have been manufactured at Ingeteam's facilities in Curitiba, Brazil. The Luzia 138/34.5 kilovolt substation facility will evacuate the 130 megawatts of capacity generated by the solar complex. With the commissioning of this project and the ongoing installation of others, solar power supplied by Ingeteam in the country now totals 1.5 gigawatts. (mfo)
