The State of Amazonas is the largest in Brazil and covers 2.1 million square miles of land. The region is vast and largely isolated, with the majority of the state covered by thick canopies of rainforest.

The communities that call Amazonas home are largely cut off from the outside world. Crucially, they remain unconnected from the national grid – a situation which is unlikely to change due to the near impossibility of running power distribution cables through the rainforest.

That’s where Aggreko comes in. Reaching off-grid communities and providing power to the most remote locations is at the heart of what we do.

But with most Amazonian communities only connected by river, meaning it can take days to get from one end to the other, this project has presented unique challenges for which we needed bespoke solutions.