Solar Bakery and Patisserie

Solar self-consumption energy system for a baked goods factory.

Investment overview

Impact category

Sustainable energy

Investment type

Loan

Yearly interest

6.9

Term

months

Risk level

B-

What will you be financing?

A&S - INDÚSTRIA DE PANIFICAÇÃO E PASTELARIA, LDA is a pasta, bread, cake, and dessert factory in Seia.

This campaign's goal is to finance the installation of a 180,32 kWp photovoltaic plant with 3 batteries, each with a power of 200 kWh, at the headquarters of A&S.

Installation and maintenance will be carried out by Luz Verde, a company specialising in solar photovoltaic installations.

The total investment is 394.407 euros, 63% financed through this campaign and the rest from the company's own funds. The cost savings that this investment will generate, combined with the income that the company generates from its operations, will guarantee the timely repayment of this loan.

What is the impact?

Direct

Contribution to the decarbonisation of Portugal, avoiding CO2 emissions: With a total production of clean energy of over 286 MWh per year, the solar plant will avoid the emission of more than 24 tonnes of CO2 per year. This is equivalent to the CO2 absorption of about 1120 trees.
Cost reduction for the end customer: decentralized energy production through renewable sources, close to the place of consumption, helps to avoid distribution costs, this being the most competitive option. In addition, the company's lower dependence on the national grid makes it less vulnerable to price fluctuations and tax charges.

Indirect

Promoting sustainable business: the project developed for A&S is an example of the applicability of solar power for any business, and in this case serves as a benchmark to similar industries, an important step towards sustainability for businesses in Portugal.

Impact indicators
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24603

CO2 avoided per year

286082

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Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
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About the Promoter

About

A&S - Indústria de Panificação e Pastelaria, LDA

A&S - INDÚSTRIA DE PANIFICAÇÃO E PASTELARIA, LDA is a Portuguese company founded in June 2019 in Seia.

The promoter is dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of dough, deep-frozen bakery products, pastries, fine pastries, desserts, gourmet products, and fresh products.

A&S's mission is to preserve the heritage of bread while focusing on constant innovation. For this reason, it has several partnerships with the Museu do Pão (Bread Museum), dedicated to "preserving, studying, exhibiting and interpreting the history of bread in Portugal, understood in its regional diversity, and as an element that expresses the cultural, ethnographic and social diversity of the country, in particular, its agricultural activity".

In a spirit of innovation, its industrial production unit has enabled the company to become a pioneer in various areas of the bread market in Portugal:

Production of sliced bread.
Launch of a healthy bread brand - Pão São - suitable for diabetics.
Production of gluten-free products on a large scale and with great diversity.

Pão São stands out for its nutritional characteristics, intending to contribute to a healthy and balanced diet. Rich in soluble and insoluble fiber, it helps promote healthy digestion and regulate cholesterol levels in the body. This bread has a very low sodium content, making it an option for those who want to control their blood pressure. Pão São is also a source of protein, essential for muscle maintenance and regeneration, as well as being enriched with Omega 3 fatty acids, which benefit cardiovascular health.

The promoter employs 83 workers divided into three areas: the General Sector - which deals with quality, maintenance, and dispatch; the Traditional Manufacturing Sector - which has 3 manufacturing shifts and 2 packaging shifts; and the Gluten-Free Manufacturing Sector - which has 2 manufacturing shifts and 2 packaging shifts.

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