Data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) pointed out that photovoltaic solar plants reached, in August, the mark of 2,10% of the 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 a peak in input had not been seen since the start of operations at 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 jump, Brazil reached an expansion of 31 MW in the year on August 3.081,51, of which 2.016,01 MW (65%) came from wind power, 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 survey is that new plants were inaugurated in 17 states across the country's five regions. The states with the largest 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 capacity that entered commercial operation in August, approximately 60% is not related to regulated commercialization contracts (ACR).
Capacity installed
In total, according to the ANEEL, Brazil has 177.415,5 MW of inspected power. Of this amount in operation, 75,08% of the plants are powered by sources considered sustainable, with low greenhouse gas emissions.
