In the Piauí countryside, 530 km away from Teresina, a treasure unbeknownst to most Brazilians and tourists remains preserved. The Serra da Capivara National Park, considered a Unesco World Heritage Site, houses one of the world’s largest collections of cave art and holds records of the first human beings to inhabit the Americas. According to studies by archaeologists and anthropologists, these remains could be over 40,000 years old!
A few miles away, a very different kind of park – which represents and celebrates the future – also stands out in the countryside landscape. The 930,000 photovoltaic panels that comprise the Nova Olinda Solar Park are spread around an area of 690 hectares. Capable of generating 600 GWh annually, the largest operational solar plant in South America inject energy into the national electricity system. Your production supply energy to more than 300,000 Brazilian families every year.
Two very different types of open-air “museums”. On one side, works of art that used stone as a canvas and minerals as ink to register scenes from pre-historic life: the animals, dances and rituals of hunting, fighting and mating. On the other, technological panels that use the strength of the sun to establish a new milestone in the Brazilian energy market.