On December 7th, Coca-Cola FEMSA and Atlántica Sustainable Infrastructure signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a new renewable energy generation plant, unprecedented in Uruguay's history: the Albisu I Solar Park (14 MWp), located in Salto, a city in the northwest of the country. This represents a milestone for Uruguay as it is the first photovoltaic park dedicated to the sale of energy between private entities in the country , which is currently undergoing its second energy transformation. Following the signing of the contract, which was attended by various key figures in the country's energy sector, Energía Estratégica spoke with Francis Raquet , Business Development Director of Ventus , the company that developed, built, and structured the project. "The park was developed and built by Ventus for the client Atlántica Sustainable Infrastructure, one of the largest private power generators in Uruguay," Raquet explained.
This renewable energy plant involved an investment of approximately $14 million and employed more than 150 workers, 14% of whom were women,” he explained. “The park has more than 24,000 solar panels and will deliver 23,500 MWh/year of energy.”
"And although a law and a regulatory framework already existed, it had never happened before that two private entities had traded energy between themselves, so this is a milestone for the Uruguayan electricity market," Raquet emphasized.
The LiDAR system is emerging as the best alternative for offshore wind measurements in the regionIn this case, Atlántica Sustainable Infrastructure will supply the energy generated by the Albisu I Solar Park to Coca-Cola FEMSA, which has a global strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2030, aiming to source all its operations from renewable sources. Through this energy purchase, Coca-Cola will supply 100% of its operations with renewable energy, according to Ventus, a company with over 2.3 GW of experience in the region that became the first company to export energy (to Argentina) in 2017. "We are willing to continue working on these types of projects, considering that there are approximately 20 companies in the country that can be considered large consumers of the system and have the opportunity to become free users and decide from whom to purchase energy," stated the Business Development Director of Ventus.
