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Brazil’s free market holds the key to big solar

A proposal to open up Brazil’s free energy market could have a significant impact on its booming large-scale solar scene but, as pv magazine Brazil’s Livia Neves reports, that would require more new transmission capacity.

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Lívia Neves

07 Sep 2023

Brazil is entering a new phase of centralized solar-generation growth and the Janaúba Solar Complex, with 1.2 GW of generation capacity, is the latest example of big PV. Located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, the complex covers 3,069 hectares and features 2.2 million photovoltaic modules.The BRL 4 billion ($804 million) project …

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