The Southeast region of Brazil, comprising the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, is approaching a historic record for the photovoltaic energy sector. The region is close to becoming the first of the country's five regions to reach the 2 GW mark of installed solar DG (distributed generation) capacity.
According to data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), the Brazilian Southeast currently has just over 1,97 GW of energy produced from the installation of solar panels in homes, rural areas, companies, commercial establishments and government offices.
Currently, there are around 240,2 thousand UCs (Consumer Units) receiving credits in the region and more than 191,7 thousand photovoltaic plants installed in 1.648 municipalities. The state with the highest installed power is Minas Gerais, with 977,5 MW, followed by São Paulo (681,3 MW); Rio de Janeiro (220,4 MW) and Espírito Santo (96,4 MW).
Among the consumption classes, residential is the one that occupies the first position in the regional ranking of ANEEL, with 802,8 MW of installed capacity. In second place is the commercial class, with 720,5 MW, followed by the rural class, with 285,2 MW, and the industrial class, with 146 MW.
other regions
According to data from ANEEL, the South region is the one that most closely resembles the Southeast in terms of solar energy production. Formed by the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná, the region currently has 1,22 GW of installed solar power, 127.859 UCs receiving credits and 105.036 thousand plants operating.
Not far behind is the Northeast, with 1,01 GW of installed capacity, 106.961 UCs receiving credits and more than 78,6 installed plants. The region is made up of the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe. So far, only the Central-West and North regions of the country have not yet reached the mark of 1 GW of installed capacity in solar DG.
The first region – which includes the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, in addition to the Federal District – has 927,5 MW, with 83.384 UCs receiving credits and 65.315 plants in operation. The North region currently has 292,8 MW of installed photovoltaic power produced in the states of Tocantins, Pará, Amapá, Roraima, Amazonas, Acre and Rondônia. The region also has 28.061 UCs receiving credits and 24.605 solar plants installed.
Espírito Santo
According to data from ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy), the state of Espírito Santo has reached 7.037 operational connections for distributed solar generation. In total, more than 8 thousand consumers already have photovoltaic systems installed on small properties in the 78 municipalities that make up the state of Espírito Santo.
According to ABSOLAR, Espírito Santo alone currently accounts for 1,8% of Brazil's total distributed solar energy park, ranking eighteenth in the entity's national ranking. Leading the list is Minas Gerais, with 81.684 operational connections, around 18,1% of the country's entire distributed solar energy park.
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