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Weekend Read: Can Lula deliver on Brazil’s solar hopes? Brazil’s newly elected government, under Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, will face energy-transition and decentralization issues during critically important years in the fight to curb climate change. Livia Neves reports from Rio de Janeiro.
Lívia Neves
Dec 17, 2022
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Can Lula deliver on Brazil’s solar hopes? Brazil’s newly elected government under Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva will face energy-transition and decentralization issues during critically important years in the fight to curb climate change. Livia Neves reports from Rio de Janeiro.
Lívia Neves
Dec 08, 2022
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Brazil hits 20 GW milestone Brazil has deployed 6.52 GW of cumulative utility-scale solar and 13.57 GW of distributed-generation PV projects below 5 MW in size.
Lívia Neves
Oct 10, 2022
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BYD to produce 22.2% efficient n-type TOPCon solar modules in Brazil The Chinese manufacturer said the modules will have a nominal power of 575 W and a temperature coefficient of -0.32% per C.
Lívia Neves
Sep 22, 2022
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Latin America may host three more solar factories Mexican solar manufacturer Solarever said it wants to invest $1 billion in a new factory in Jalisco and Brazilian PV system provider Sengi Solar said it aims to set up two manufacturing facilities in the states of Paraná and Pernambuco.
Jorge Zarco, Lívia Neves
Sep 20, 2022
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Brazil suspends A-5 energy auction The auction was scheduled to be held on September 16. Energy regulator ANEEL said the move was due to inconsistency in the auction management system.
Lívia Neves
Sep 16, 2022
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Storage for load shifting viable in several Brazilian states Greener says that battery storage could help large electricity consumers in Brazil to cope with sharp differences between peak tariffs and off-peak tariffs.
Lívia Neves
Jul 19, 2022
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The power of the prosumer Under Brazil’s regulation, systems of up to 5 MW can be classed as distributed generation. The segment is forecast to account for 9 GW of the 12 GW of new PV that Brazil is set to install this year.
Lívia Neves
Jun 24, 2022
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Brazil imported 5.2 GW of solar modules in Q1 High-power solar panels with outputs above 500 W accounted for more than 60% of all PV module imports to Brazil by volume in the January-March period.
Lívia Neves
Jun 01, 2022
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