Since January 2022, 15 GW of new PV capacity has been added in Brazil. In 2023 alone, the country deployed 4.4 GW of new solar power capacity, of which 3.15 GW came from distributed generation systems and 1.24 GW from utility-scale photovoltaic power stations.
According to the latest data from Brazilian energy regulator Aneel, Brazil has 30 GW of installed solar capacity. Of
this, about 15 GW of capacity has been deployed in the past 17 months.
In the first five months of 2023, Brazilian developers deployed about 4.39 GW of new PV capacity, of which 3.1 GW came from distributed generation systems operating under the country's net metering program, which covers all PV systems with a size of 5 MW or less. Of the
total installed capacity, 21 GW comes from distributed generation systems and the remaining 9 GW comes from large solar power plants.
Of the distributed generation capacity, about 10 GW comes from residential PV systems with a capacity of less than 7 kW. In terms of centralized power generation, more than 102 GW of winning projects are still under construction or development,
the report said. Larger projects are expected to support the continued growth of the free market and provide power for energy-intensive green hydrogen production. Most distributed solar power systems in
Brazil are installed at consumer sites, where the system provides power to the installed units.