📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the Brazilian Nuclear and Binational Energy Holding Company (ENBPar), within the scope of the National Electric Energy Conservation Program (PROCEL), launched, this Monday (9/09), the Public Call for the project “Energy Efficiency in Compressed Air Systems in Industries”. Interested companies have until November 29 to participate in the selection.
The call will select up to 170 industries from the states of Amazonas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, who are interested in participating in the project “Energy Efficiency in Compressed Air Systems in Industries”.
For Minister Alexandre Silveira, it is necessary to promote energy efficiency, reducing the use of environmental and energy resources, which will help in the decarbonization of the sector. "This is a fundamental issue within the fair and inclusive energy transition. It is a priority agenda in President Lula's government, in which we count on everyone's commitment in this great project to transform Brazil", reinforced Silveira.
“Compressed air is one of the major industrial uses and has great potential for energy conservation. The idea is that the public call will shed light on this system and open up opportunities, especially for states with the largest number of companies, to advance energy efficiency in these systems,” pointed out the deputy director of the Department of Information, Studies and Energy Efficiency of the MME, Samira Sousa.
For the MME director, energy efficiency in industry is essential, as the sector is one of the largest consumers of electricity in the country. “The industrial sector has great potential for energy efficiency and the MME has worked very hard to expand access for small and medium-sized industries to develop energy efficiency,” highlighted Samira.
This project will finance energy diagnostics focused on compressed air systems for the selected industries, with the responsibility for investing an approximate minimum amount of R$23,000 to implement efficient and economically viable measures (rapid return on investment) as indicated in the diagnostics. In addition, Procel will monitor the implementation of these measures and measure the results achieved by them.
