Solar energy grows 56% in one year and reaches 39 GW in Brazil

Brazil surpassed the brand of 39 GW em capacity installed of solar energy in sum of GC (Centralized Generation) and DG (Distributed Generation), according to data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).

According to the regulatory body, in February last year the country had 25 GW of installed power. Since then, there has been a increase of 14 GW, which corresponds to 56%.

Distributed generation

Currently, in solar DG, the country has around 26,8 GW in installed capacity, distributed across 2,3 million photovoltaic systems. Furthermore, these systems serve almost 3,5 million consumer units in 5.547 Brazilian municipalities (99,5% of the country's cities).

Os states that lead are São Paulo and Minas Gerais, both with more than 3,5 GW installed. Right now, 10 states have already surpassed the 1 GW capacity mark.

Already the most served consumer classes by segment are commercial and residential, with 7,79 GW and 12,93 GW, respectively.

Centralized generation

Now at GC segment the country currently has 12,22 GW in installed capacity in more than 18 thousand plants in operation. About 170 new photovoltaic plants, which will add another 7,2 GW, are already under construction.

In February last year, the installed capacity in DG and GC was 17,29 GW and 7,72 GW respectively. In other words, there has been growth since then of 9,5 GW in DG and 4,5 GW in GC.

Conservative projections of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association) for 2024 indicate that Brazil should end the year with more than 45 GW of installed capacity.

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