NGK plans solar plant expansion in 2023

Company adopts a series of initiatives to reduce CO emissions₂, conservation of water resources and waste management

São Paulo, March 2023 - A NGK, World leader in the production of spark plugs, prioritizes initiatives that promote the company's sustainable growth in Brazil. An example of this is the plan to expand the solar plant installed inside its plant in Mogi das Cruzes (SP) ainda em 2023 e o cumprimento da meta de evitar a emissão de 250 toneladas de CO₂ in the current fiscal year, which closes this March.

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To complete the ongoing project, NGK is seeking partners to increase industrial waste recycling and reduce sludge generation from its wastewater treatment plants. A companhia é responsável pelo reprocessamento de 90% dos resíduos (180 tons per month) and recycling 70% of the water used (21000 m³ ao mês) by means of a treatment plant for the reuse of effluents from the plant itself.

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"We are committed to achieving the goals set out in the global sustainability program "Ecovision", says Nivaldo Yano, Head of the Environmental Control Department of NGK do Brasil. "Some actions were implemented to reduce water consumption in the production process, que utiliza 80% do total consumido pela empresa. In this sense, a expectativa é de uma redução de 5% deste valor até 2030.”

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Largest photovoltaic system in the Alto Tietê region

Em março de 2021, NGK installed more than three thousand solar power generation panels in partnership with EDP in its national plant and became the owner of the largest photovoltaic system in the Alto Tietê region. "Thinking globally and acting locally brings significant results for the sustainability of the company in general", comments Yano. The project aims to reduce the environmental impact throughout the chain of generation and transmission of electricity from the matrices installed in the country.

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"Reduce CO emissions₂ is among the main efforts of NGK do Brasil", Yano points out. "So much so that we announced, em abril de 2022, o investimento de R$ 2 milhões para ampliar em 36% a capacidade da usina de energia solar, responsável pela geração de 150 MWh/mês, o que proporciona uma economia de 7% no consumo da nossa fábrica.”