The first pilot will install photovoltaic panels, batteries and smart monitoring systems to provide energy to low income families in a community in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.
The pilot, implemented in association with the Light S.A. utility company, involves strong community engagement. Its purpose is to make electricity more affordable for low-income consumers. It will test the integration of solar and storage into the grid to reduce costs for consumers as well as use of smart meters and adapted billing to allow time of use pricing and save billpayers money. A competition opened on 17 August 2020 inviting British and international companies to participate.
Call for participation
British and international companies are invited to participate in a total of nine demonstration projects of innovative low-carbon technologies in Brazil, with £9 million in grant funding to be awarded. More information and application forms are here.
Approximately £3m in grant funding will be allocated to the first round - three pilot projects to demonstrate solar power, storage, and home energy management technology in Brazil.
The first pilot, Pilar Solar, will demonstrate photovoltaic panels, batteries and smart monitoring systems for low-income families in a community of Rio de Janeiro. The project will be undertaken in association with a local utility and involves strong community engagement. Future pilots will demonstrate scalable solar, storage and smart grid technology designed to address social and market challenges in Brazil.
The Brazil Energy Programme offers technical and commercial incubation support to all grant recipients to enter a new and exciting growth market.
Brazilian Partners
Brazilian organisations will drive a suite of pilot projects to demonstrate how innovative clean technologies can address social and environmental concerns in Brazil. Brazilian companies will propose ideas, invest funding, and partner in the implementation of the pilots.
Call for projects
Brazilian companies are invited to propose, co-fund, and participate in international pilot projects to demonstrate innovative uses of solar power, bioenergy, smart grids and adapted storage systems in the Brazilian context.
Nine pilot projects will demonstrate use of cutting-edge technologies that can be implemented at scale, in Brazil and potentially globally, as tools for green energy and social inclusion. For more information contact us here.
Click below for a presentation about the pilot projects and the full video of a Workshop on “Investment in R&D and Innovation in Brazil: post-pandemic possibilities”. (10 September2020)
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