A month after Atlas Renewable Energy suspended approximately US$1 billion in investments in Brazil amid rising curtailment, its local arm, Atlas Brasil Comercializadora, abandoned plans to implement the Santa Rita Solar Complex in Buritizeiro (MG). The project would have included 25 photovoltaic plants and a total installed capacity of 1,03 GW.
The decision was motivated by the technical infeasibility of the project. According to the process analyzed by ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), there is no available flow margin to connect the complex to the SIN (National Interconnected System) within the next 48 months.
Limited transmission infrastructure has become one of the main challenges for new renewable energy generation projects, especially in regions with a high concentration of projects.
Upon reviewing the request, the ANEEL The agency verified that the projects did not have commercialization contracts in the ACR (Regulated Contracting Environment). It also found that no connection or transmission system usage contracts had been signed. Another point considered was the absence of defaults related to the projects.
Furthermore, the agency noted that there was no delay in the deployment schedule. The start of commercial operation of the plants was projected for November 2027, meaning that the projects were still within the originally authorized timeframe.
In their analysis, the technical area of ANEEL The opinion concluded that the withdrawal request meets the requirements of current regulations. "Therefore, it is verified that the request is in accordance with the applicable current regulations, meeting the requirements for its consideration. Thus, it is concluded that the request for revocation of the Authorizing Resolutions is justified," the opinion states.
With this decision, the authorizations granted for the implementation of the 25 power plants that would comprise the Santa Rita Solar Complex will be revoked. The withdrawal highlights the impacts of restrictions on access to the electricity grid on the development of new renewable energy generation projects in Brazil.
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I installed a 1,23kVA solar panel at my house, and I've been waiting for Enel to change the meter for almost two months, but I haven't been able to get it done!
Even if there were capacity in the transmission system, there is no load on the system, now or until the power plants come online, to absorb the surplus generation. Transmission expansion is underway; what's lacking is for the federal government to bring new industrial loads to Brazil, but with the current state of the economy, that's very difficult.
This is the fault of the federal government.
This is absurd.
Impressive. I'm 63 years old and I've NEVER seen so many incompetent people in a government like this... Extremely slow, and they even tax batteries...