Solar account for 57% of Brazil’s new power additions in Oct

New solar power plants in Brazil have added 544.30 MW of installed capacity to the country’s energy mix, accounting for 57% of the additions in October 2021, power sector regulator Aneel announced on Friday.

In all, the country has connected 957.03 MW of new capacity last month, with 80% of the installed capacity that commenced operations coming from wind, solar and hydropower plants (HPPs).

Since the beginning of the year, Aneel has given the green light to the start of operations at 5,869.31 MW of new power plants.

Overall, wind power represents 10.95% of the country's total installed capacity, while solar accounts for 2.48%. Large hydro (UHE), small hydro (PCHs) and mini hydro (CGH) have shares of 57.17%, 3.05% and 0.48% of the total installed capacity, respectively.

As a result of the new additions, Brazil closed October with 180,197.9 MW of authorised power capacity of which 82.73% comes from renewable sources, the agency noted.

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