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It is located in Chillán, developed together with Colbún, and is the companys second of the four planned.
The Chilean paper company CMPC has announced the start-up of its photovoltaic project with an installed capacity of 186.5 kWp, located at the Chillán plant, in the homonymous commune, Ñuble region, part of its Biopackaging division.
In a statement, it is explained that the plant is made up of 336 Canadian Solar monocrystalline photovoltaic modules of 550 W of power each, mounted on “a coplanar roof structure, with a 12° inclination, mini rail, walkways and safety corridors , occupying an approximate area of ??1050 m2, equivalent to just over two basketball courts.”
It is expected that the facility will have a generation of 2,300 kWh/year, and will allow approximate savings of 25 thousand dollars in the same period.
For data management and digitalization, it is added that “the unit has permanent and online visualization of the information on the self-generated energy and other various parameters and features of the installation, through the virtual Colbún branch and its information system. control and monitoring, also accessible by smartphone.”
According to reports, “the CMPC Biopackaging plant produces multi-ply paper bags of different sizes made from 100% virgin fiber obtained from renewable Radiata Pine forest plantations”, a type of “environmentally friendly” packaging manufacturing: reusable, recyclable and some of them biodegradable.”
In October of last year, CMPC put its first 350 kWp plant for self-consumption into operation at the Carlos Douglas nursery in Cabrero, in the Bío Bío region . |
