Petrobras plans to build solar plant at Rio de Janeiro energy complex

Brazil’s federal oil company Petrobras has launched a tender for the construction of a PV solar power plant at the Boaventura energy complex in Rio de Janeiro state. 

The process involves the contracting of detailed design, supply of equipment, construction and assembly, commissioning, start-up and assisted operation of the plant, which will have capacity of 17.7MWp.  

The project’s sizing was prepared using software that defined a total of 25,272 700Wp photovoltaic modules and 54 solar inverters with nominal power of 250kW and an output voltage of approximately 800V. These are divided into six generating units, with a secondary substation (skid with a dry transformer and nine inverters) and, for each generating unit, 504 photovoltaic modules with solar trackers. 

The modules are bifacial, made of monocrystalline silicon, and their movement follows the orientation of the sun on a single axis.

The tender documents are available on Petrobras’ procurement website Petronect, under ID number 7004433230. 

Formerly Comperj and Gaslub, the Boaventura complex has a natural gas processing unit, which is connected to the Rota 3 pipeline that began operations last year. 

There are new lubricant and diesel production units planned to be built in the area, as well as a thermoelectric plant. 

Other solar projects

Petrobras is also carrying out a tender for the construction of a 20MW PV solar plant at its Paulínia refinery (Replan) in São Paulo state. 

And in February the state-run firm received bids for a PV plant at the Abreu e Lima (Rnest) refinery, in Pernambuco state. 

LCD Engenharia, Construções, Montagens e Manutenções Industriais submitted the lowest offer at 59.7mn reais (US$10.1mn).