Author Archives: andre

Amazon Boat

• Displacement: 3500 kg • Hull Type: Catamaran • Length: 10m • Beam: 3,20m • Distance between hulls: 2.5m • Cockpit position: ahead • Number of passengers: 20 (twenty) • Crew: two (2) • Power: 2 electric motors of 7kW (9,5HP) • Motor: 2045 rpm • DC Voltage: 300V • Power of the PV system: […]

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Evaluation Modules

Under the ANEEL R&D Strategic Project and together with the Tractebel Energy and Fotovoltaica – UFSC and another 11 utilities, eight Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Sites and a 3MWp Resarch, Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Plant have been installed. Each Evaluation Site consists of seven photovoltaic systems of different technologies (9 kWp each) and a solarimetric station. One […]

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2kWp – First Grid-Connected System in Brazil

Installation Date: September, 1997 Description: Brazil’s first building-integrated PV system connected to the public grid. Installed capacity: 2.015kWp A total of 68 photovoltaic modules of amorphous silicon, 55 opaque and 13 semi-transparent modules. Of these, 53 opaque and 12 semi-transparent modules are in operation, totaling 65 photovoltaic modules in operation distributed in 5 strings with […]

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Efficient House

Installation Date: July, 2006   Description: Photovoltaic system connected to the public power grid Installed power: 2250Wp 30 multicrystalline silicon modules of 75Wp each Location: Eletrosul – Florianópolis, SC

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Laboratory School

Installation Date: May, 2009 Description: Photovoltaic system connected to the public power grid Installed power: 1,987.5Wp 15 microcrystalline silicon modules with 132.5Wp each SMA SB 2500 Inverter   Location: UFSC – Florianópolis, SC

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Teaching Hospital

Installation Date: June, 2009 Description: PHOTOVOLTAIC system connected to the public power grid Installed power: 1,987.5Wp 15 microcrystalline silicon modules with 132.5Wp each SMA SB 2500 Inverter Location: UFSC – Florianópolis, SC

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Solar Brazil

Date: November 15th, 1998   Description: Rock concert completely powered by solar energy. On site, a 3 kWp plant was set up using 56 multicrystalline silicon PV modules.   Location: Florianópolis, SC

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Santo Antônio de Ratones Fortress

Installation Date: April, 2000 Description: Stand-alone photovoltaic system, pumps water and replaces diesel generator Installed power in the main photovoltaic system: 4.7kWp 76 multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules 56 with 56Wp and 20 with 77Wp It also has an inverter, two charge controllers and a bank of 32 batteries of 150Ah each, totaling 4800Ah/57.6kWh Previous Diesel […]

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