Brazil hits 13 GW of mounted solar capacity

• Brazil's installed solar power generation capacity has actually hit 13 GW, residential solar power organization ABSOLAR revealed recently.

Dispersed generation (DG) has actually taken the country's lead with 8.4 GW of set up capacity, while large-scale plants, additionally called centralised solar, make up the remaining 4.6 GW, regional media reported pointing out data from ABSOLAR.

Since 2012, Brazilian solar plants have actually brought in financial investments of BRL 66.3 billion (USD 11.6 bn/EUR 10.3 bn) and also produced around 390,000 neighborhood jobs, according to ABSOLAR's data.

In regards to the DG mix alone, solar power is currently used in 99.9% of all the systems in the nation.

In general, solar plants overall rank fifth in the Brazilian electrical energy mix, exceeding the 9.1 GW of installed capacity from thermal-based plants powered by oil and various other fossils.