Brasilia Capital Solar Tender

COUNTRY: Brazil
STATUS: Approved
AREA OF OPERATION: Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency
TYPE: Sovereign
Financing Approval Date: 27 December 2024
Current Limit of NDB Financing: EUR 94 million
Borrower: Brasilia Energy Company
Project Implementing Entity: CEB Public Lighting and Services SA, and CEB Participações SA

Project Context: The government of the Federal District ( FD ) plans to increase sustainability and resilience of the electric supply system of the district that pursues the two-pronged approach: (i) to increase energy efficiency of public buildings and services and reduce their consumption, and (ii) to build local electricity generation based on renewable energy sources.

Law No. 6891/2021 has stipulated that no less than 50% of energy consumption of the public buildings and services in the FD shall be generated by renewable energy by the end of 2026, and no less than 75% by the end of 2028.

The Project is aimed at contributing to both of the key goals of the FD – renewable energy generation and energy efficiency.

Project Description: The Project comprises:

Component 1: Replacing not less than 129,000 existing lamps with light-emitting diode ( LED ) technology in the public lighting system;

Component 2: Building a solar photovoltaic plant with a generation capacity of not less than 100MW;

Component 3: Project preparation and management.

Project Objective: The Project will reduce the energy consumption of the public lighting in the FD by approximately 13% through replacement of existing sodium and metallic vapor lamps with LED lamps. The Project will also provide a solar energy generation facility that will produce electricity in the amount equivalent to around 12% of the electricity consumption of the public sector in the FD.