Brazilian solar container communication station wind power installation

Are wind and solar energy resources a complementary resource in Brazil?

In the light of the current moment of transformation of the electricity sector in Brazil and elsewhere, with a growing uptake of utility-scale wind and solar power plants, this work shows that the temporal complementary of wind and solar resources in the Brazilian Northeast is consistent and it can have a major role in the optimal portfolio design.

Are large-scale wind and solar photovoltaic infrastructures causing land problems in Brazil?

Nature Sustainability 7, 747–757 (2024) Cite this article Large-scale wind and solar photovoltaic infrastructures are rapidly expanding in Brazil. These low-carbon technologies can exacerbate land struggles rooted in historical inequities in landownership, lack of regulation and weak governance.

Where are wind and solar PV parks implemented in Brazil?

Our analysis covers the national scale of Brazil and focuses on implemented wind and solar PV parks in regions of the Northeast (Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí), Southeast (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) and South (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) (Supplementary Fig. 6).

How many solar projects are there in Brazil?

Most of the projects were installed in the states of Minas Gerais (3,174 MW), Bahia (2,409 MW) and Rio Grande do Norte (1,816 MW). At the end of 2023, Brazil had a total installed capacity of 225 GW (199 GW for public producers and 26 GW for autoproducers), of which solar represented 16% (37 GW) while wind represented 13% (29 GW).