Atlas Renewable Energy has secured a $76m loan from the Northeast Brazil Constitutional Financing Fund for the construction of the 239MW Lar do Sol – Casablanca 2 solar farm in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
The self-production plant will help boost Unipar to produce chlorine for the treatment of water for more than 60 million people.
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Lar do Sol – Casablanca 2 will occupy some 700 hectares and comprise 460,000 solar panels.
The plant’s annual energy generation will be equivalent to supplying energy to about 261,662 homes.
Atlas Renewable Energy will be the lead investor and operator, partnering with Unipar, which will co-invest.
The plant will hire some 1200 local employees during peak construction activity.