Brazil launches first sodium battery PV plant in Amazon

UCB Power and the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) have installed Brazil’s first PV plant with sodium battery storage, a 7.50 kWp/38.40 kWh system in a remote Amazonian community.

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UCB Power has inaugurated what it says is Brazil’s first photovoltaic power plant with sodium battery storage, installed in the remote Amazonian community of Tumbira. The project is a partnership with FAS.

The plant has 20 solar modules of 375 Wp each, for a total installed capacity of 7.50 kWp. The storage system consists of 16 sodium batteries (48 V/50 Ah), with a combined storage capacity of 38.40 kWh.

UCB Power has deployed more than 60,000 storage systems for off-grid consumers in Brazil, including individual systems (SIGFI) and microgrids (MIGDI), benefiting more than 240,000 people in remote areas.

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