Growing concern for the environment
and the search for electricity diversification tied to
industrial development has led to renewable energy production
throughout the world.
The use of solar energy, one of the main objectives of the
21st edition of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change
Conference (COP 21), is a trend that gained extra momentum in
the Brazilian market after French president Emmanuel Macron
decided to mobilize one trillion USD for the sector until 2030
to help emerging nations.
"The initiative is very interesting. It adds a bit of extra
value to the solar energy market in Brazil, especially since the
country is growing ever more," ANSA was told by Luis Gustavo Li,
manager of LGL Solar Treinamentos.
He added that "the potential for solar energy in Brazil is
enormous."
"From what I have seen, even among our students, is that
people are talking ever more about the sector and also this is
leading to growth in the market," he said.
Brazil's request to join the International Solar Alliance
(ASI), invited by the presidency of the National Congress on
February 26, has led to some hope within the sector in the
country and some growth.
In January, the Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar
Fotovoltaica (ABSOLAR) announced that the country has surpassed
the 1 GW of capacity installed in solar energy projects.
The association added that this amount had been achieved by
only 30 countries I the world and that it was due to auctions
held by the government between 2014 and 2015.
ABSOLAR chairman Rodrigo Sauaia said that "Brazil is over 15
years late in the use of photovoltaic solar energy, but we are
able to be one of the top countries in the world in this
market".
According to a report published by the Agência Nacional de
Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), the outlook for the current year is
for solar energy production to double in Brazil, since most of
the 67 solar facilities planned for 2021 will start producing
this year.
The issue will be one of the themes of EnerSolar + Brasil, a
trade fair held by Cipa Fiera Milano, which will take place from
May 22 to May 24 at São Paulo Expo in San Paolo, Brazil.
The fair will present the latest developments in the
sustainable energy sector.
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