Um ranking prepared by ePowerBay, a market intelligence company specializing in the renewable energy sector, revealed which are the solar plants with the largest capacity factors of Brazil.
This is a concept that, in general terms, represents how much energy a photovoltaic project can generate in relation to its maximum possible.
In all, 237 plants in operation were evaluated – that, together, presented a average capacity factor de 22,4%.. The information refers to the month of November 2022.
O lifting also brought details about what are thecompanies responsible for the complexes, as well as their respective suppliers of modules, inverters and trackers.
Em first place, the plant remained Solar Serra do Mel II with capacity factor of 34,77% (103,11 MW), located in the Serra Branca Complex, in Rio Grande do Norte.
O space is managed by Voltalia and has photovoltaic modules from Canadian Solar, inverters from Sungrow and trackers from NexTracker.
The plant has an installed capacity of 103,11 MW and long-term private energy sales contracts signed with several companies, including clients such as Copel and Braskem.
According to Voltalia, all the energy produced is responsible for reducing the emission of almost 126 thousand tons of CO₂ per year into the atmosphere.
Operational control
According to the ePowerBay study, four companies are responsible for managing the ten plants with the highest capacity factor in Brazil.
In addition to Voltalia – which also has the Solar Serra do Mel I plant in fifth place on the list – EDP Renováveis is also in the ranking, with five plants (Complexo Barreto I, II, III, IV and V); AES Brasil with two others (Água Vermelha IV and VI), and Canadian Solar with another plant in operation (Lavras 6).
Check below the ranking of the ten solar plants with the highest capacity factors in Brazil:
