Even with all the economic and market difficulties faced in the first semester out of 2023 and problems related to flow reversal that persist to this day, over 625 thousand DG systems (distributed generation) were connected to the distribution network last year.
The data – published by ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) – show that the modality also accumulated more than 7,4 GW of installed power in 2023, meaning that over 837 thousand consumer units began to rely on surpluses and credits from the energy generated by the systems.
O result was the second largest annual quantity ever recorded by ANEEL, second only to the 2022 result, when more than 796 thousand units of distributed generation were connected to the grid, with installed power exceeding 8,3 GW.
Among the more than 625 thousand units connected to the grid in 2023, practically all of it is based on solar sources. The states with the most installed power in the period were: São Paulo (1,1 GW), Minas Gerais (870 MW), Paraná (630 MW), Rio Grande do Sul (600 MW) and Mato Grosso (530 MW).
Brazil exceeds 25 GW
According to monitoring of the ANEEL, Brazil ended last year with just over 25,8 GW in installed power in DG e more than 2,3 million connections in 5.545 municipalities.
The state that ended the year with the highest installed power in the segment was Minas Gerais (3,50 GW installed and 269 thousand systems), followed by São Paulo (3,47 GW installed and 368 thousand systems) and Rio Grande do Sul ( 2,60 GW installed and 288 thousand systems).
According to calculations presented by ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association), since 2012 distributed solar energy has already been responsible for attracting more than BRL 128,4 billion in investments and more than 768,1 jobs accumulated in the country.
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