The solar energy sector has surpassed the mark of 1,6 million jobs generated in Brazil since its implementation, according to data released by ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy) on Tuesday night (18).
In the last twelve months, between January 2024 and January 2025, solar power created approximately half a million new jobs.
Currently, solar energy already totals approximately 54 GW of installed power, considering the distributed generation (36,35 GW) and centralized generation (17,64 GW) segments.
According to ABSOLAR, this capacity already represents 21,9% of the national electricity matrix, consolidating solar energy as the second largest source of generation in Brazil, behind only hydroelectric plants, which total 109,9 GW in operation (44,6% of the total).
In addition to creating jobs, the solar sector has also boosted the Brazilian economy in other ways, totaling around R$245,1 billion in investments and more than R$76 billion in revenue for public coffers.
Since the beginning of its expansion, the solar source has also been responsible for avoiding the emission of more than 65,6 million tons of CO₂ in electricity generation.
For Ronaldo Koloszuk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR, solar energy is a path of no return and will continue to grow significantly in Brazil over the next few years.
“With the combination of storage technologies and the advancement of artificial intelligence, which will demand enormous amounts of energy, given that a search on ChatGPT, for example, consumes ten to one hundred times more electricity than the same search on Google, Brazil can, in a short time, boost its sustainable development, generate thousands of new green jobs and create more opportunities for the population”, he stated.
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Despite the significant growth, Koloszuk emphasizes that The sector has faced significant challenges, such as the refusal of distributors to connect new solar systems under the justification of power flow inversion in distributed generation.
Furthermore, he mentions that large solar projects are also suffering impacts from power generation cuts (curtailment or constrained-off), which, for the entity's director, can affect the viability of projects and investments in the sector.
Even in the face of these challenges, he states that solar energy remains a key part of the national energy matrix, ensuring economic growth, sustainability and job creation.
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