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Data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) showed that photovoltaic solar plants reached, in August, the mark of 2.10% of total operating capacity in Brazil, with 3,730 MW confirmed by the company's inspection.
Furthermore, the survey indicated that last month there was a peak in generating plants released for commercial operation, with an increase of 795.98 MW of installed power – which corresponds to the highest quantity in 2021, so far. Of these almost 800 MW, around 80% came from wind, water and solar sources.
According to the Agency, such an input peak had not been seen since the start of operation of the Porto de Sergipe I thermoelectric plant, in Barra dos Coqueiros (SE), with a generation capacity of 1,551 MW, in March 2020 (in that month, the expansion in the energy matrix was 1,605.93 MW).
With this leap, on August 31, Brazil reached an expansion of 3,081.51 MW in the year, with 2,016.01 MW (65%) coming from wind, 560.44 MW (18%) from thermoelectric plants, 419.33 MW ( 14%) from photovoltaic plants and 85.73 MW (3%) from hydraulic sources.
Furthermore, another point highlighted by the research is that new plants were opened in 17 states across the five regions of the country. The states with the biggest increase in generation capacity this year were Rio Grande do Norte (815.13 MW), Bahia (794.69 MW), Piauí (299.10 MW) and Mato Grosso do Sul (252.12 MW) .
Of the amount of installed power that entered commercial operation in August, approximately 60% are not related to regulated commercialization contracts (ACR).
Capacity installed
In total, according to ANEEL, Brazil has 177,415.5 MW of supervised power. Of this amount in operation, 75.08% of the plants are driven by sources considered sustainable, with low greenhouse gas emissions.
