Brazil Reaches 30GW PV Installation Milestone

Since January 2022, Brazil has added 15 GW of new PV capacity. In 2023 alone, the country deploys an additional 4.4 GW of solar power capacity, of which 3.15 GW comes from distributed generation systems and 1.24 GW from utility-scale PV plants.

According to the latest figures from the Brazilian energy regulator Aneel, Brazil's installed solar capacity reached 30 GW.

Of this, around 15 GW of capacity was deployed in the last 17 months.

In the first five months of 2023, Brazilian developers deployed around 4.39 GW of new PV capacity, of which 3.1 GW came from distributed generation systems operating under the country's net metering programme, which covers all PV systems up to 5 MW in size.

Of the total installed capacity, 21 GW came from distributed generation systems, with the remaining 9 GW coming from large solar power plants.

Of the distributed generation capacity, around 10 GW comes from residential PV systems with a capacity of less than 7 kW.

Aneel reports that there are still more than 102 GW of successful projects under construction or development in the centralised generation sector. Larger scale projects are expected to support the continued growth of the free market and provide power for energy-intensive green hydrogen production.

The majority of distributed solar power systems in Brazil are installed at the consumer site, with the system supplying electricity to the installed units.