Xangri-la started tests earlier this month. Honda invested R$100m ($38.4m) in the project, which will supply all energy needs for a factory in the state of São Paulo.

Carlos Eigi Miyakuchi, chief executive of Honda Energy do Brasil, says that the company is studying expansion of clean energy supply to two other factories, one located in the Amazon forest state of Amazonas and another in the state of São Paulo.

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