The The trend of using more environmentally friendly energy sources has a place in several Ecuadorian companies. TO purpose of World Energy Day, celebrated every February 14, Several companies tell of their initiatives to carry out sustainable use through non-polluting alternative sources.
For example, The Provefrut business group, which exports frozen vegetables, has just implemented its own solar power plant of almost one hectare in Latacunga. Solar panels are installed on in Guaytacama, Cotopaxi. According to Fernanda Pólit, its manager, this plant will favorably reduce CO2 emissions and it will replace 10% of your electrical energy consumption. He explains that solar energy is one of the most important renewable resources, it plays an essential role in conserving the environment, because with the support of new technologies, it is capable of producing clean, pollution-free electrical energy, thus contributing to a sustainable development and the reduction of the carbon footprint. Currently, he says, according to the United Nations “Solar power generation is the fastest growing in the world and could provide more than 30% of the total global energy supply by 2040.”
Today the company has 2,156 panels and a transformation chamber, which are responsible for starting the process of producing solar energy into electricity. These types of projects have a useful life of more than 20 years.
Meanwhile, also in Cotopaxi, the community of Yucupamba of 500 inhabitants counts since February 1 passed with 50 solar power light poles. It is an initiative promoted by Cervecería Nacional (CN) and the solar energy company Litro de Luz. The poles have been distributed in the playground, community kitchen and bathrooms, soccer and volleyball field, and the paths where they circulate daily. In addition, around 90 local families were trained byr the engineers of Liter of Light, so that they can care for and maintain the poles. The poles were built with recycled elements such as glass bottles and pipes; they are autonomous and generate their own energy through solar panels and rechargeable batteries.
“We are very happy with these light poles because we get up very early to work on our land and at that time (03:00 or 04:00) you can’t see anything, with these poles we will produce much more; and for young people who always wanted to play football or volleyball games on weekends at night, now they can play, said Miguel Paucar, president of the community.
The 50 sustainable light poles, with zero carbon emissions, were assembled during a technology appropriation and creation workshop (conducted by Liter of Light engineers) with the entire community. “This is done with the aim of generating technology appropriation so that they value and care for it, in addition to learning basic notions of solar energy,” said Camilo Herrera, founder of Liter of Light.
Sandra Cañizares, director of Corporate Branding and Sustainability, explained for her part that Cervecería Nacional works with a high commitment to caring for the environment. Thus, he recalled that the plants in Guayaquil and Quito work with care and preservation of water, reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions, among other initiatives.
“At the national level, we have improved energy use by 1.25% between 2019 and 2020. This objective was met thanks to the application of timely energy reduction initiatives such as the implementation of LED lights in the two plants, reduction in the use of electrical energy in refrigeration systems, consumption of 100% biogas in boilers, among others,” he said.
Meanwhile, Since last year, the German bank Procredit has installed a photovoltaic generator on the roof of its main building. The financial institution reported that its The objective is to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and the mitigation of climate change in the country. It is a system that generates electrical energy from the sun’s energy. During the day, from sunrise to sunset, photovoltaic solar panels capture solar radiation and through the photovoltaic effect transform it into electricity. This, in turn, is injected into the electrical panels to supply lighting equipment, printers, computers and all electrical loads in the building.
the generator, which has 48 photovoltaic solar panels of 400 W, adds a total of 19.2 kW of power. The project has been implemented with the support of the company J3M. According Katarina Zdraljevic, head of Banco ProCredit’s Environmental Management Unit, “the system will generate 10% of the electricity that the building consumes, which represents more than 30,000 kWh of electrical energy each year, and this will prevent the emission into the atmosphere of the equivalent of 5,825 kg of CO2, in the same period”.
In Ecuador, as of December 2021, most of the energy used is environmentally friendly. According to data from Cenace, of the energy that is part of the National Interconnected System, 91.89% comes from hydroelectric power and only 6.74% is thermal. However, there is also another type of alternative energy that is also part of the system: photovoltaic (0.11%), biogas (0.11%), biomass (1.04%) and wind (0.10%). (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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