There are twenty-two thousand hectares of acacia and eucalyptus plantations.
Reforested wood that becomes 'biomass'.
Organic matter for the production of electrical energy.
After years of research, the acacias that already existed in the production area are gradually being replaced by eucalyptus.
The reason is simple!
The choice of eucalyptus was mainly due to Brazil's mastery of the technology for producing woody material, in this case eucalyptus-based wood.
Of two hundred varieties of eucalyptus tested in the fields in three years, twelve remain in the field.
After planting, a cycle begins that, on average, lasts seven years.
This is when trees can be removed to transform them into biomass, that is, into pieces of wood.
In one of the plants, 600 tons of biomass are used every day to produce electricity.
In the four plants, daily consumption of this biomass reaches 1300 tons.
The by-product, the residue of this production, is what is called ash.
Which serves as fertilizer for planting new trees in the same place where they were removed.
Closing a sustainable and clean energy production cycle.
The four biomass thermal plants have an installed capacity of 40 megawatts.
Which represents around 20% of the average demand in the state of Roraima.

Source: Amazon Agency