Alternative energy drives growth and innovation in Brazilian agriculture
With increasing demand, diesel generators assist the agribusiness sector by providing alternative energy.
There’s no doubt about the importance of Agribusiness within the Brazilian economy. The sector is one of the major influencers in the country’s trade balance, and to maintain this positive outcome, energy security becomes one of its pillars. Therefore, it’s essential to keep technology in agriculture under constant study and updates.
In the energy sector, technological innovation has significantly advanced to ensure reliable electric power supply.
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Agribusiness Growth
Whether due to favorable climate factors or even the large territorial extension, Agribusiness represents a significant portion of the country’s production.
According to the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazilian agribusiness grew 3.81% in 2019 compared to 2018. This represented 21.4% of the total Brazilian GDP.
Even amidst the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, the sector’s growth has been sustained, also driving the adoption of responsible practices for excellence in production activities.
The CNA’s technical report, published on May 29, indicated that agriculture showed a 1.9% growth in the 1st quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
This is also an increase compared to the 0.9% obtained in the comparison between the first quarters of 2019 and 2018.
According to a report from the Agribusiness Portal, the sector’s participation in exports rose from 18.7% in the first three months of 2019 to 22.9% in the same period of 2020.
More than achieving good indicators, maintaining them healthy in a competitive global scenario is one of the sector’s biggest challenges.
Technology in agriculture, applications in the sector
With this growing demand for increased productivity in Agribusiness, technology is the main ally to deliver more efficiency and excellent indicators with fewer resources, maintaining business health.
The segment is more automated with tools that combine the use of innovation and technology in areas never thought of before. Some examples of technology application in the sector are:
- Agricultural robots are already a reality and are not alone. With the application of drones, satellite communication, and sensors, they can map the area where planting is taking place.
- An information processing center is also present and controls the exact timing for water application with electronic irrigation resources, new seeds, pesticides, pre-programmed harvesting, and other forms of monitoring and control.
- For different types of crops and even other areas of activity within Agribusiness, the connection with meteorological data is important to anticipate with some accuracy how production will be.
- Aligning Big Data and Machine Learning techniques, increasingly complex and specific models tend to predict ideal scenarios and optimize production.
In the energy area, the sector suffers from the impact of local grid instability, often far from urban centers and subject to voltage and frequency fluctuations.
In this case, several companies have opted for the use of generator sets as an alternative energy source.
How can a power generator help agribusiness keep going?
All the mentioned innovations depend on a correct supply and an energy structure compatible with Agribusiness demand.
The lack of energy from the utility is always critical to the agribusiness chain. However, the greatest impact is felt when the consumer is in isolated regions, where the service branch suffers the most energy drop fluctuations.
This happens not only in the agro sector but also in all other sectors of the economy where energy quality is deficient. End-of-line consumers suffer more from energy drops than those close to urban centers.
Besides the application of cutting-edge technology, activities involving the creation, control, and monitoring of animals are a great example of the relevance of having a power generator.
If there is any power outage in the milk production sector, thousands of liters can be simply discarded due to the product’s perishability.
Milk milking is also one of the points of attention, as it is already performed automatically. If there is any drop or intermittence in the power supply, production will be impacted.
Another important scenario is in poultry production, as it depends on the correct control of temperature and humidity conditions on site. Depending on the duration of the power outage, the temperature rise will be enough to cause animal mortality.
Advantages of having a power generator in your business
Being able to rely on a power generator as an alternative source elevates energy security within Agribusiness. There are several options in the market, one of which is renting the equipment, where services can be added to the contract, such as monitoring through telemetry.
Those who operate in this segment know the difficulty regarding energy security due to outages or energy instabilities in remote areas, and their consequences and complications.
EaaS (Energy as a Service) Service
The application of technology in Agribusiness increases the sector’s relevance by bringing higher productivity and efficiency rates, ensuring better production with the correct use of resources.
And to maintain the quality of your electrical system, Tecnogera has solutions that reach even the most remote places, where power outages are constant and can affect the agribusiness production chain.
The focus of temporary power generation is on delivering the final product: energy. This contract modality allows the client to focus on their business.
The great benefit of temporary energy is the delivery of energy as a service (EaaS – Energy as a Service), where the client pays for the service usage (energy). In this contracting modality instead of acquisition, the client transfers all responsibility for supply to the provider, meaning in this model, preventive and corrective maintenance, asset depreciation, insurance, technology updates, equipment replacement, and service SLAs are the responsibility of the contracted company.
With EaaS (Energy as a Service) service, Tecnogera takes care of all the necessary structure for energy supply, always with a modern fleet in constant update, nationwide 24/7 service, and Telemetry technology to ensure high performance with minimal failure rates.
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