O Brazil increased in 1 million or number of UCs (Consumer Units) that receive energy from the source solar between second fortnight of February 2022 and 2023, according to the investigation of the Canal Solar next to ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
According to the Regulatory Body, the country saw the amount rise from 1,2 million to 2,2 million UCs in the last 12 months, with the states of São Paulo e Rio Grande do Sul accounting for more than 20% of this total, with 216,2 thousand new units.
Among the leading municipalities in solar DG UCs are Florianópolis (SC), Campo Grande (MS) and Fortaleza (CE), with 18,2 thousand; 8,7 thousand and 7,6 thousand consumer units, respectively.
In the last 12 months, the increase in the volume of consumer units in solar DG helped the country to increase more than 7,39 GW of installed power in the segment and to overcome this year the barrier of 17 GW of installed capacity in the modality.
Consumer profile
In terms of the number of consumer units that use their own generation of solar energy, consumers residential are at the top of the list, representing more than 77% of the total.
Next come consumers from the commerce and services sectors (10,4%), rural producers (10%), industries (1,7%) and public authorities (0,2%).
For Gustavo Tegon, co-founder and CMSO The increase in UC's in Brazil represents another major milestone that solar energy has reached in the country.
“Today, any social class is able to generate their own energy and we are certain that these numbers will be even higher when we reach the same period in 2024, as well as in the following years”, he commented.
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