The trend is for new solar energy generation records to be broken in Brazil throughout this year as incentives are maintained.
Brazil's solar energy production in February rose to 623 average megawatts (MWa), from 486 MWa a year ago, increasing by 28%. Wind generation also improved by 18,5% to 4.057 MWa. Its share in the mix increased to 5,9%, compared to 4,9% in the previous year, shows the InfoMercado Semanal of CCEE (Electric Energy Trading Chamber), the weekly bulletin for energy generation and consumption that involves:
- Wind energy
- Solar energy
- Biomass
- hydroelectric plants
The hydroelectric plants (UHE) produced 55.879 MWa, slightly above the 55.355 MWa of the previous year. Biomass power generation, on the other hand, dropped from 955 MWa to 917 MWa. But this number should change soon, as the Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency) released last Tuesday (03) new projects for 15 plants in Brazil (check it out).
In total, total electricity generation in Brazil in February decreased by 1,3% year-on-year, with 69.259 MWa delivered to the National Interconnected System (SIN). The country's demand reached 65.302 MWa, or 2% less than in the previous year, according to CCEE data.
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