2021-02-12 11:35:00
BRAZIL SOLAR POWER 4.7 GW
RENEWABLES NOW - February 11 (Renewables Now) - Brazil's installed solar distributed generation (DG) capacity has surpassed 4.7 GW, statistics by power sector regulator Aneel show.
The total DG capacity across the country went over 4.9 GW, as of Wednesday night, according to Aneel's almost real-time update, with solar power being the most popular source, counting 401,199 grid-connected systems.
Minas Gerais is the state with the largest DG capacity -- 912.21 MW, followed by Sao Paulo with 602 MW and Rio Grande do Sul with 597.87 MW.
Residential consumers account for the majority of the country's DG generation with 295,816 systems installed. Commercial and rural installations come behind with 66,096 and 28,394, respectively.
According to the Brazilian Association for Distributed Generation (ABGD), the DG segment will grow by over 50% during this year, closing 2021 with an installed capacity of more than 7GW.
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