Champalimaud Medical Center will acquire 1,580 solar panels from the Greenvolt array, which will ensure the production of 1,437 MWh of completely clean energy annually.
Champalimaud Foundation is poised to be the world’s first healthcare organization to consume 100% renewable energy, counting on Greenvolt Group to achieve carbon neutrality within five years.
“With the energy generated by the Champalimaud Center’s solar panels, as well as the energy that will be shared by other Greenvolt communities, it will become the first healthcare institution in the world to consume only clean energy,” Greenvolt Group says in a statement.
It concerns the installation of 1,580 solar panels on the roof of the Champalimaud Medical Center, which will ensure the production of 1,437 MWh of completely clean energy annually, “which will avoid annual emissions of more than 380 tons of carbon dioxide.”
In the words of Leonor Belleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation, the partnership with GreenVolt will help the organization “become an example of sustainability in the health sector.”
The partnership will be implemented through Greenvolt Comunidades, a subsidiary of the Greenvolt Group. A renewable energy community will be set up at Champalimaud Foundation with a “maximum solar radiation power generation capacity of 861 kW”.
According to the statement, “in addition to the energy generated by the solar panels installed in the medical center,” the Champalimaud Foundation will be able to consume “clean and cheap energy generated by other communities located within a radius of about 4 kilometers, and managed by Greenvolt Comunidades itself,” which will allow it, “Within five years,” it will be “the first in the world to consume 100% clean energy.”
“Greenvolt Comunidades, in addition to implementing the installation, will be responsible for its operation and maintenance, as well as attracting new producer members who will share energy with the organization,” says José Quiros de Almeida, CEO of Greenvolt Comunidades.
Through Greenvolt Comunidades, the Champalimaud Foundation will “make a leap forward in the energy transition towards carbon neutrality,” says João Manso Neto, CEO of Greenvolt Group.
“The Champalimaud Foundation, in addition to the outstanding work it does in the field of disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, also intends to leave its mark on society, contributing to improving the quality of life of everyone. It is taking concrete steps in this direction, and Greenvolt Comunidades will allow it to take a leap forward.” In the process of energy transition towards carbon neutrality.”
In the words of the president of the Champalimaud Foundation, the partnership with Greenvolt Group is “an important step towards net-zero emissions” for the organization, which was founded in 2005.
He added: “We are an organization that works to promote health and provide care to patients, so it is understandable that we are making special demands so that our activity does not have consequences that conflict with our mission.”
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