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The largest private sector energy company in Brazil operating in the areas of electric energy generation, commercialization and transmission, transportation of gas and energy solutions, ENGIE made the successful bid in the Private Public Partnership (PPP) auction for street lighting in the municipality of Petrolina (PE).
ENGIE presented a proposal with a monthly tariff of R$ 409,200.00, 67.6% less that the tariff ceiling established in the invitation to bid. The agreement will run for a 20-year period and provides for the modernization, expansion, and maintenance of the city’s lighting infrastructure to the benefit of a population of approximately 350 thousand people. A significant investment is forecast to modernize all existing lighting units with LED technology as well as implementing an operational control center and management systems in order to achieve savings of at least 50% in the energy consumed by the city’s public lighting system.
Petrolina’s Public Lighting PPP project has been structured with the support of the Brazilian Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico Social – BNDES).
In addition to the infrastructure, ENGIE is to install smart operational and remote monitoring systems for lighting the city’s more important streets. Another key element in the project is the flood lighting of monuments and tourist attractions of Petrolina, a city situated on the banks of the São Francisco River.
“The Project will bring several benefits to the city and its inhabitants, such as the incentivizing of tourism and the local economy, improved public safety and a better quality of life”, pointed out Leonardo Serpa, Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE Soluções.
Another essential aspect to ENGIE’s successful bid is the fact that LED technology enhances energy efficiency. “The ENGIE proposal aims to accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral world through reduced energy consumption and more sustainable solutions, thus reconciling performance with a positive impact on people and the planet’’, Serpa remarked.
Currently, ENGIE is responsible for the operation of 350 thousand street lighting units in Brazil, in particular those included in the PPP for the municipality of Uberlândia and already at the implementation stage. Worldwide the Company is responsible for 1.5 million units. |
