In Vila Verde, José Carlos Pereira saw his livelihood opportunity in creating a business in the field of agriculture. After analyzing several options, he decided to invest in the cultivation of mushrooms of the species pleurotus citrinopileatus, originally from China and southern Japan.

Sustainable agriculture, a commitment required by the ProDer financing plan, argues that resources taken from the environment must be managed and returned to be used by future generations. The autonomous production of energy, through a self-consumption kit, allows an efficient use of the planet's renewable resources as well as financial savings.

The project

In order to satisfy the maximum energy needs of the 260m2 greenhouse, we recommend a fixed self-consumption kit with 36 LG 250 SK1-A3 Mono xBlack photovoltaic solar panels, totaling 9kW of installed power that produce 13,000kW annually.

Results

• The installation of the self-consumption kit allowed Mr. José Carlos Pereira save €2,600/year on the electricity bill for the mushroom greenhouse;
• The production surplus is sold to the electricity grid under Decree Law nº 153/2014;
• Refund of 60% of the investment under ProDer (currently PDR2020).