O Minas Gerais state is primeiro Brazilian state reaching the 2 GW mark of installed solar power in the DG (distributed generation) segment, according to information obtained by the Canal Solar, based on data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
In all, Minas Gerais municipalities have more than 239,2 thousand UCs (Consumer Units) receiving credits and more than 179,4 thousand photovoltaic plants installed in all 853 cities that make up the state.
The municipalities with the highest power volumes in the segment are Uberlândia (94,3 MW); Belo Horizonte (62,6 MW), Montes Claros (43,6 MW), Uberaba (40,7 MW) and Governador Valadares (35,2 MW).
Regarding the consumption class, systems installed in commercial establishments lead the statistics, with 713,4 MW, or around 35% of the total accumulated installed power. Next, residential systems (691,6 MW) and rural consumers (448,1 MW) and industries (141 MW) appear.
According to the numbers, Minas Gerais reached the 1 GW mark in solar DG on May 20, 2021. At the time, the state had 88 photovoltaic systems installed in closed homes and small and medium-sized land.
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