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According to data from Absolar, photovoltaic solar energy exceeds 8 gigawatts of power, generating more than 200 jobs and has already attracted more than R$ 40 billion in investments
ABSOLAR – Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica, announced that Brazil’s photovoltaic solar energy generation capacity exceeded 8 GW, generated more than 240 jobs and attracted investments of more than 40 billion reais. The data also showed that the energy source supplied around 514 consumer units in Brazil. The survey considered large plants and small and medium-sized systems installed on the ground, facades and roofs.
solar power generation
Large-scale solar plants have become the seventh largest source of power generation in Brazil. There are nine states in Brazil that have these projects, they are: Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Bahia, Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco.
In terms of total installed capacity for centralized and distributed power generation, photovoltaic solar energy occupies the sixth position in Brazil's energy matrix, second only to natural gas, wind, hydroelectric, biomass and thermal plants powered by diesel and other fuels. fossils. And it is superior to thermoelectric and nuclear power plants.
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In terms of the number of installed systems, residential users occupy a leading position, representing 73,6% of the total, followed by companies in the commerce and services sectors (16,6%), rural consumers (7,0% ), industry (2,4%), public institutions (0,4%) and other sectors, such as services (0,03%) and public lighting (0,01%).
Jobs and investments in the solar energy sector
Absolar research figures also show that, since 2012, the photovoltaic solar energy sector has generated more than 240 jobs and invested more than 40 billion reais. The accumulated investment in large solar plants exceeds 16 billion reais.
With 4,9 GW of installed power of photovoltaic generation, the distributed generation sector symbolizes the accumulated investment of more than 24 billion reais in five regions of the country since 2012.
