BRASILIA: Brazil could join the International Solar Alliance International (ASI) soon. In the framework of the recent Brazilian accession to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the entry into the ASI will represent an important step in the international positioning of Brazil.
According to the executive president of the Brazilian solar association ABSOLAR, Rodrigo Sauaia Brazil’s accession to the ASI will open the door for Brazil to benefit from multilateral programs and actions in the areas of financing, incentive policies, regulation, business models, technology, research and development, among others.
“Brazil still has a delay of about 15 years compared to the other countries in the use of photovoltaic solar technology and our participation in ASI will contribute so that we can incorporate the best international practices, accelerate the development of photovoltaic solar energy in our country and position ourselves as a major player in this sector, increasingly strategic on the world stage,” Sauaia added. According to the cartography of ABSOLAR, the solar source is the leader in this segment with more than 99% of the country’s installed DG solar power generators.
Broken into segments, residential consumers top the list with 78% of the total. They are followed by enterprises in the sectors of commerce and services (15.6%), rural consumers (2.9%), industries (2.3%), and other types, such as public lighting (0.2%) and services public (0.03%).
According to ABSOLAR, Brazil currently has 23,175 photovoltaic solar systems connected to the network that total more than R $ 1.6 billion (492 million dollars) in accumulated investments since 2012, distributed around all regions of the country.
All of these systems are installed under Brazil’s net metering legislation, which was issued by the Brazilian government in 2010. In 2016, the Ministry of Energy and Mines also introduced a package of measures to improve net metering conditions at a national level
