Fonte: ANEEL

The board of the National Energy Agency (ANEEL) approved on Tuesday (08/30), the establishment of a pilot project of Companhia de Eletricidade da Bahia(COELBA) for solar photovoltaic generation in the sccoer stadium Governor Professor Roberto Santos (Pituaçu) in Salvador (BA). This will be the first stadium in Brazil to rely on photovoltaic lighting. 

The estimated annual generation is 630 megawatts/hour (MWh) and the entry into commercial operation of the plant is scheduled for December 2011. As the expected generation is approximately 75% higher than the load of the stadium, the excess energy can be used to shoot down the consumption of other consumer units previously registered for this purpose, under the responsibility of the Secretary of Labor, Employment, Income and Sports of Bahia (SETRE). 

ANEEL will perform semi-annual monitoring of the pilot project, through technical reports submitted by Coelba to report the main results, the difficulties faced and the solutions adopted, which help to regulate the subject. The duration of the project is five years. After that, a standard that the Agency will publish on the subject should be applied. 

To discuss the reduction of barriers relating to the installation of micro* and mini** generation distributed and encouraged and to promote change in the discount rates for use by distribution and transmission systems (TUST and TUSD) for solar power plants, ANEEL opened Public Hearing No. 42 / 2011, with onsite session at the headquarters of ANEEL on 10/06 and the submission of contributions until 10/14. (ML/AF/FA/GL) 

* Micro Generation Distributed and Encouraged: Central electric energy generator, with installed capacity less than or equal to 100 kW and which uses encouraged source of energy (solar, wind, biomass, hydro or qualified cogeneration) connected on the low-voltage distribution facilities through consumer units.

** Mini Generation Distributed and Encouraged: Central electric energy generator, with installed capacity exceeding 100 kW and less than or equal to 1 MW and which uses encouraged source of energy (solar, wind, biomass, hydro or qualified cogeneration), directly connected to the network of the distributor, at any voltage.