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A participation from the solar energy in the electrical matrix Brazilian rose from 11.6% to 17% in just one year, indicate data from the ABSOLATE (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association).
In between the months of February 2023 and this year, approximately 14 GW of power in the country, causing the source to reach approximately 39 GW of operational capacity.
Such growth has caused technology to consolidate itself in second position among the sources with the largest share in the electrical matrix, moving even further away from the plants wind, which has 12.9% of participation.
At the moment, the solar energy is surpassed only by hydroelectric plants – which holds almost half of the country's total installed power (48.7%).
It is worth highlighting, however, that the hydro plants are losing space in the electrical matrix with the growth of all renewable sources.
Three years ago, in February 2021, for example, the percentage share of hydroelectric plants was 60%, compared to just 1.7% for solar energy and 9.8% for wind energy.
Check below the current participation of each source in the national electricity matrix:
Solar energy
According to ABSOLAR, the photovoltaic sector nationally has already moved more than R$ 189 billion in new investments and generated more than 1.1 million jobs since 2012.
With this, it also helped the union, states and municipalities to collect R$ 49.6 billion in taxes during the period, in addition to avoiding the emission of 45 million tons of CO2 in electricity generation.
“Brazil has woken up to solar energy and its benefits. Taking advantage of a clean and cheap energy source helps in the energy transition process, in addition to encouraging the diversification of electricity supply, reducing pressure on water resources and the risk of increases in electricity bills”, said Ronaldo Koloszuk, president of the council association administration.
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