Brazil will deploy 4.2 GW of latest distributed photo voltaic technology within the first six months of 2023, in accordance with Aneel, the nation’s regulator. This contains the connection of 365,000 new methods to the grid underneath the net-metering regime.
On the finish of June, the cumulative capability of distributed PV methods in Brazil, together with installations as much as 5 MW in dimension, reached 22 GW. These installations are distributed over 2 million arrays.
Within the first half of the yr, the residential phase accounted for roughly 2.12 GW of newly put in capability, whereas the industrial phase contributed roughly 1 GW. The remaining capability is represented by small photo voltaic parks.
Among the many states, São Paulo confirmed the best development, including 656 MW within the first six months, adopted by Minas Gerais with a further 460 MW. Minas Gerais at present tops the cumulative capability with 3,002 MW, barely forward of São Paulo’s 3,000 MW.
Eight Brazilian states surpassed the milestone of 1 GW of put in capability every on the finish of June. In addition to Minas Gerais and São Paulo, these states embody Rio Grande do Sul with 2,272 MW, Paraná with 2,140 MW, Santa Catarina with 1,365 MW, Mato Grosso with 1,286 MW, Goiás with 1,023 MW, and Bahia is the one state within the Northeast. 1 GW, particularly 1,000.235 MW.
Many of the capability added within the first half of the yr got here from on-site installations, accounting for 77% of the noticed growth in 2023, which amounted to three,264 MW. In cumulative phrases, on-site distributed technology represents 77% of the full with 17,229 MW.
