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Around 40% of solar energy generated in Brazil comes from homes. This is what a survey carried out by the Solar Channel, based on data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), updated until early this Wednesday morning (21).
Among the so-called consumption classes, Brazilian homes are currently those that produce the most this type of energy, with 2,148.44 MW of installed power.
Furthermore, more than 90% of the country's cities (5,034 of the 5,570) currently have at least one home producing electricity from sunlight.
In recent years, solar energy has become an increasingly common option for citizens, who, in a scenario of economic crisis and reduced income, have found photovoltaic energy to be an effective alternative for reducing costs in the medium and long term. term.
It is no surprise that in the last three years, for example, the amount of solar energy produced by Brazilian homes has grown almost eight times: jumping from 275.61 MW on April 21, 2018 to the current 2,148.44 MW of installed power , according to data from ANEEL itself.
In addition to homes, Brazil also currently has a significant amount of solar energy produced from commerce (1,994.80 MW), rural producers (706.27 MW) and industry (453.80 MW).
The choice of the photovoltaic source by Public Power bodies (63.10 MW), by public service entities (4.98 MW) and from public lighting installed on streets and avenues (1.01 MW) are also accounted for in the report of the Agency.
Solar energy in Brazil
According to ANEEL, Brazil currently has 5,372.43 MW of installed solar power, with just over 457 thousand DG (distributed generation) units operating in 5,282 thousand municipalities.
Currently, of the 5,570 cities that make up the national territory, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), only 288 do not have any photovoltaic system installed.
The cities of Brasília (DF), Cuiabá (MT) and Uberlândia (MG) are those that account for the largest solar energy generation in the country. The locations currently have: 70.38 MW; 67.40 MW and 56.41 MW of installed power, respectively.
ANEEL data on solar energy in Brazil
| Consumption class | P. Installed (MW) | DG Units | Cities with GD |
| Residential | 2.148,44 | 341.499 | 5.034 |
| Rural | 706,27 | 32.168 | 3.843 |
| Commercial | 1.994,80 | 71.840 | 4.524 |
| Industrial | 453,80 | 10.398 | 2.065 |
| Public Power | 63,10 | 1.700 | 763 |
| Public service | 4,98 | 120 | 98 |
| Street lighting | 1,01 | 31 | 27 |
2 Responses
I'm a journalist and I'm interested in knowing how many homes in Cruz Alta-RS have a panel system and what the local production produced and installed solar power would be. All percentages that illustrate the production and consumption picture in our city. Is it possible to identify this data, where? Thank you for the return.
Good afternoon, Luiz, how are you? 2 – Yes, it is possible, in this ANEEL Power BI link (https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiY2VmMmUwN2QtYWFiOS00ZDE3LWI3NDMtZDk0NGI4MGU2NTkxIiwidCI6IjQwZDZmOWI4LWVjYTctNDZhMi05MmQ0LWVhNGU5YzAxNzBlMSIsImMiOjR9) you can find data on energy generation, within the BI just select the generation source, in this case solar and select the municipality