Brazil registers 9.2 GW of solar projects for Jul 29 auction

Solar Farm. Author: Michael Mees meesphotography.com License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic

Brazil's state-owned energy research firm EPE said Tuesday that 9,210 MW of solar projects have registered for the first reserve energy auction of the year, scheduled for July 29.

Overall, 428 projects of renewable energy sources totalling 10,195 MW will compete in the auction. More details are available in the table.

Source	Projects registered	Capacity
Solar	295	9,210 MW
Small hydropower plants (HPPs)	73	889 MW
Regular size HPPs	60	96 MW

The state of Bahia leads with 1,593 MW of registered solar projects. Piaui and Sao Paulo follow with 1,430 MW and 1,328 MW, respectively.

According to EPE, the solar contracts will be negotiated for 20 years of supply, while the hydropower plants will get 30 years. Once built, the plants should commence electricity supply on July 1, 2018 for photovoltaic (PV) sources and March 1, 2020 for the HPPs.

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