BEST Magazine 10 September 2026

Solar-battery mini-grid powers Amazon açaí processing plant

Why It Matters for ITAD

New technologies may create opportunities or challenges for equipment processing.

A 165kWh battery energy storage system has been installed as part of a solar mini-grid intended to bring reliable electricity and new economic opportunities – from selling processed açaí – to a remote community in the Brazilian Amazon. The system combines 50kWp of solar generation with 165kWh of storage at Bela Conquista, in the Catuá-Ipixuna…