The southern region of Minas Gerais state will have the country’s 1st plant with electric power generation from the garbage

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“The City of Boa Esperança (MG) must have soon the country’s first power plant that will generate electricity from waste. The project, led by Furnas Centrais Elétricas, has had its first phase completed after tests are carried out in an experimental plant In Mauá, in the interior of São Paulo.The next step is the construction of the plant in the Southern region of Minas Gerais state, which will have a capacity of 1 MW and will be interconnected with the Minas Gerais Energy Company (Cemig).”

Read more on Portal Saneamento Básico (Portuguese only!)

International Seminar on the Prospection of Renewable Energies

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From April 5 to 12, 2017, the International Seminar on the Prospection of Renewable Energies was held, coordinated by the research group Public Policies and Dynamics of Territorial Development, led by Prof. Dr. Christian Luiz da Silva, that received Prof. Dr. Mayra Casas Vilardell (Universidad de Pinar del Río), or Prof. Dr. Alain Hernández Santoyo, postdoctoral fellow by the Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, and Prof. Arielys Martínez Hernández, of the Universidad de Pinar del Río, who is doing her sandwich doctorate from March to September this year in the Postgraduate Program in Technology and Society under the supervision of Prof. Christian.

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This seminar is part of the international cooperation between the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná and the Universidad de Pinar del Río (UPR) funded by the MÊS/CUBA call of CAPES. The project is in the third year of completion and ends in 2018. In addition to the work missions, study missions are being carried out as part of this year’s visit by Prof. Arielys. Prof. Decio Estevão do Nascimento will be doing his post-doctorate at UPR by the end of this year.

The project is financed by the funding call (Edital Universal) and this time has new partners, such as Unioeste and UNILA.

This project is part of the internationalization efforts of the Postgraduate Program in Technology and Society (PPGTE) and the Planning and Public Governance Program (PPGPGP). It also has the support of and joint actions with the Department of Management and Economics (DAGEE).

Map shows: Paraná is more ‘solar’ than previously thought

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According to the “Solar Map” project of Itaipu the state of Paraná has untapped potential – and this is also because of a wrong image about the use of solar energy!

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The map of solar potencial in Paraná. Credit: Divulação / Itaipu

“Paraná has a great potential for solar energy to be explored. The average values of radiation and productivity of the State is higher than in 29 countries in Europe and 59% higher than the average of Germany, the country with the largest installed capacity in the world “This information is part of the latest survey, done in 2006. This database is undergoing an update and will be part of the first Solar Energy Atlas of Paraná, which is expected to be released in the second half of April.

Read more about the project Solar Map on the website of Itaipu [only Portuguese] and see the news article on Portal Paraná [only Portuguese]!