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Brazil has surpassed 40 GW of operational installed PV capacity, according to new
Solar accounted for 17.4% of Brazil’s electricity mix last week. PV systems up to 75 kW in size represent around 50% of the total capacity.
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Brazil has surpassed 40 GW of operational installed PV capacity, according to new figures from the ABSolar association.
The trade body said that around 27.5 GW of the installed capacity comes from distributed-generation PV systems, which include all installations up to 5 MW in size in Brazil.
Small microgeneration plants, up to 75 kW in size, represent 22.7 GW of the total, distributed across 2.4 million systems.
The country has around 12.5 GW of installed utility-scale solar. ABSolar said the share of solar sources is currently equivalent to 17.4% of the Brazilian electricity mix. In the first two months of this year alone, the nation added 3 GW of solar.
"In addition to accelerating the decarbonization of economic activities and helping to combat global warming, solar sources play an increasingly strategic role in the competitiveness of productive sectors, energy independence and prosperity of nations," said ABSolar CEO, Rodrigo Sauaia.
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Brazil has pushed past 38 GW of total installed PV capacity, with around 26.3 GW consisting of distributed-generation solar systems.
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Brazil''s total installed solar capacity has surpassed 38 GW, including large plants and self-generation systems on rooftops, facades, and small plots of land, representing 16.8% of the country''s electricity mix, according to the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (Absolar).
The association said that since 2012, the solar sector has brought Brazil more than BRL 184.3 billion ($36.7 billion) in new investments, with BRL 60 billion in 2023 alone, creating approximately 1.1 million jobs. This has also reduced emissions of 46.4 million tons of CO2 from electricity generation.
Ronaldo Koloszuk, president of the board of directors of Absolar, said that solar power is a key driver in accelerating Brazil''s decarbonization efforts and positioning the country as a leader in the transition to a more sustainable society.
"With the combination of technologies such as electrical energy storage and green hydrogen, Brazil can, in a short time, boost its sustainable development, with the generation of thousands of new green jobs, bringing more income to workers and more opportunities for our population,” said Koloszuk
Currently, the distributed-generation segment – comprising all PV systems up to 5 MW in Brazil – brings 26.3 GW of capacity to the Brazilian grid, representing approximately BRL 132 billion in investments and BRL 33.9 billion of revenue. It has also added more than 789,000 jobs since 2012, spread across all five regions of Brazil. Solar technology dominates 99.9% of all distributed-generation connections in the country.
In the centralized generation segment, Brazil hosts around 11.7 GW of large solar plants.
Solar developer Atlas Renewable Energy has secured US$447.8 million from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to develop a 902MWp single-phase project in Brazil.
The Vista Alegre solar plant will supply electricity to aluminium producer Albras for 21 years through a power purchase agreement (PPA). Construction of the solar PV plant began in 2023 and the project is set to start supplying clean energy, with an expected annual power generation output of 2TWh, to Albras by 2025.
Atlas Renewable Energy claimed that the project will be the largest solar facility to be built in a single phase in Brazil.
"We are incredibly proud of this project that becomes an instant symbol in Brazil and Latin America of the significant progress that can be made in advancing the energy transition with the help of local financing partners," said Carlos Barrera, CEO of Atlas Renewable Energy.
In June, Atlas Renewable Energysigned an agreement with PV tracker supplier Nextrackerto procure a tracker control system for the project.
According to Nextracker, the system, TrueCapture, uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to continually track the sun''s position and adjust the angles of solar panels to maximise energy yield. It can also adjust the tilt and position of each solar tracker in real-time to lower the impact of shading, uneven terrain and variations in weather that can reduce energy output.
This financing was the second collaboration between Atlas Renewable Energy and BNDES. In January, Atlas Renewable Energy secured a US$210 million loan from BNDES to finance its438MW Boa Sorte solar project in Brazil.
The solar PV project – consisting of eight solar PV plants – was built in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and will provide energy to Albras under a 20-year PPA.
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