Brazil's distributed solar capacity exceeds 4.7GW

Statistics from Aneel, the regulator of the power sector, show that Brazil's installed solar distributed generation capacity has exceeded 4.
7 GW
.

According to Aneel's real-time update data, as of Wednesday night, the total capacity of distributed generation nationwide exceeded 4.
9 GW, of which solar energy was the most popular source, with 401,199 grid-connected systems
.

Minas Gerais is the state with the largest distributed generation capacity – 912.
21 MW, followed by São Paulo with 602 MW and Rio Grande do Sul with 597.
87 MW
.

Residential users account for the majority of distributed generation in the country, with 295,816 systems
installed.
66,096 commercial and rural installations and 28,394 systems
, respectively.

According to the Brazilian Distributed Generation Association, the distributed generation segment will grow by more than 50% this year, with its installed capacity exceeding 7GW by the end of
2021.