Bahia has just won another independent solar energy project released by Aneel
The independent solar energy project released by the National Solar Energy Agency (Aneel) in Guanambi, Bahia was authorized to start by a solar energy company called Lagedo Alto Energia. The state's distributed power generation capacity with the UFV Lagedo Alto III projects now amounts to more than 40MW.
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Aneel has already given the green light to another solar energy project called Eólica Pindaí III Geração de Energia Ltda, which will carry out tests with EOL Ararinha Azul using the energy power of six wind turbines.
Aneel released several solar and wind energy projects in Bahia
Even if it is for testing purposes, the solar and wind energy projects released by the National Solar Energy Agency (Aneel) will total more than 300MW in solar energy generation for several municipalities in Bahia.
In February this year, the Canadian company Canadian Solar obtained a loan of US$ 55 million (R$ 225 million) from Banco do Nordeste for the construction of the Lavras photovoltaic complex, in the district of Sítios Novos, in Caucaia.
Solar energy expands in Brazil despite the pandemic
Solar energy continued to expand in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic and should contribute to the economic recovery after the health crisis. The assessment is by Bárbara Rubim, vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (Absolar), responsible for distributed generation.
“The pace of growth has slowed down a bit, but it's still exponential,” she said. “The pandemic had a smaller effect than expected and installed capacity increased by 30% in the first half of 2020.”
The total potential was 5.918 MW on July 2, compared to 4.533 MW at the end of 2019, according to official data from the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), the energy regulator in this South American country of 211 million inhabitants. It is a small amount in a country with a total generation capacity of 172.709 MW.
In Brazil, 60,4% of energy is hydroelectric, 8,7% comes from wind, 8,4% from biomass, 8,3% from natural gas, 5,1% from petroleum derivatives and 2,0% from coal . But solar energy is the fastest growing source of energy, in line with the world trend.
