Assessment of the Potential Implementation of Solar Energy Generation in State Schools in Curitiba/PR
Braz. arch. biol. technol
;
61(spe): e18000300, 2018. tab
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-974132
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Solar energy as a form of electric power generation is gaining ground in Brazil, being the subject of worldwide discussions on sustainability. The electric energy, a right of all citizens, represents a consumption of natural resources on a large scale. State schools in Paraná invested more than R$ 46 million to guarantee electricity and thus provide essential running conditions to the system in 2016. Through open data, 15 schools from "Regional Administrativa do Cajuru", in Curitiba/PR, were evaluated in consumption and expenses of electric energy from January to May of 2017 and a solar photovoltaic system was dimensioned to supply the demand of each school. From that, it was estimated the total saving from the electricity that would no longer be spent on electricity which could be directed to other educational programs and projects of interest to the community towards sustainability within the school. The savings estimated totalized more than R$ 435 thousand annually.
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Main subject:
Solar Energy
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Renewable Energy
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Sustainable Development
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. arch. biol. technol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná/BR
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