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O Brazil hit the mark in 22 GW of operational capacity in energy solar on the afternoon of this Monday (21), adding the segments of distributed generation (14,986 GW) and centralized (7,017 GW). This is what data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), determined by the Solar Channel.
O amount has been reached with the entry into operation of new large plants, such as UFV Pedranópolis 2, located in the interior of the state of São Paulo. The new registration also comes less than a month after the source reached the 21 GW mark, on October 25th.
According to the Agency, the operational capacity from solar in the country already registers a growth close to 70% in the year, with around 9 GW added. In the first week of January, Brazil had just reached 13 GW.
In the last five months, the growth rate of photovoltaic energy has been practically 1 GW per month, which helped it reach third position in the Brazilian electricity matrix, behind only hydro and wind sources.
In the understanding of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy), if the current growth rate continues, solar has everything it needs to take on the second place soon.
The entity also believes that the source should end 2022 with 25 GW of operational capacity, with 17.2 GW in own generation and another 7.8 GW in large plants.
In the Association's latest report, with data collected up to November 5th, solar energy alone had been responsible for bringing the country more than R$ 110 billion in new investments, with the creation of more than 640 thousand jobs accumulated since 2012.
