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Energy
We generate electricity for our own consumption and trading for distribution networks. We operate in a circular economy system, taking advantage of all the waste and inputs used in our generation processes for new forms of energy, contributing directly to the environment, generating less industrial waste and creating sustainable products that help to clean-up the Brazilian energy matrix.
To boost our industry's future with new ideas and solutions, we have a portfolio of green energy from renewable sources such as biomass, sugarcane straw, biogas, and the sun.
Bioenergy
We are the largest producer of energy generated from sugarcane bagasse, currently able to supply a city like Rio de Janeiro for a year, using a constant and predictable source, which has its peak production precisely in the driest period of the year, when the water matrix becomes more depressed.
Biogas
Biogas is the result of a complex production process in which biodigesters convert the organic matter from the sugarcane processing, such as the filter cake (remaining residue from the sugarcane juice purification) and vinasse (remaining water from the distillation process), into methane and CO2, referred to as biogas.
When in motor generators, this biogas is transformed into clean, electric energy and that is why we started the construction of a biogas plant in 2018. The start of operations is scheduled for the end of 2019 and will increase the plant's electric power generation by up to 40%.
We have become one of the largest producers of bioenergy in Brazil with the use of biomass and biogas. This is because we are committed to sustainable performance by using the circular economy, which guarantees better waste management and, consequently, reduces the environmental impact. Our goal is to innovate, to be able to generate more energy with fewer resources.
Biomass
Biomass energy is obtained by burning organic materials such as sugarcane bagasse and wood chips and already accounts for 6% of the national energy matrix. Compared with fossil fuels, these wastes generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Solar Energy
Taking a step further towards the future, we developed the largest solar power plant in the state of São Paulo, the mini-GD, a pilot project in Piracicaba. Its installed capacity is 1.3 MWp, enough to supply a neighborhood city for a year. There are 3,800 solar panels occupying a 40 thousand m² space, the equivalent of two soccer fields. We reached a new level of innovation based on clean, perennial, and economic energy, with the plant representing the search for a more sustainable energy management.
We have become one of the largest bioenergy producers in Brazil using biomass and biogas. This is because we are committed to sustainable performance using the circular economy, which guarantees better waste management and, consequently, reduces the environmental impact. Our goal is to innovate, to be able to generate more energy with fewer resources.
Trading
Our units have an installed capacity of about 1 GW for power generation and we produce 2.1 TWh of electricity per year from biomass. Together with WX Energy, we already sell about 26.9 TWh of energy through our operation in the free energy market. The open electric energy market already represents a good percentage of the commercialized energy in the country and should double in size in the coming years.