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Brazil Setting-up Solar Parks (caused by the worst drought in eight decades)
http://www.marinelink.com/news/settingup-brazil-solar380057.aspx[font face=Serif][font size=5]Brazil Setting-up Solar Parks[/font]
Posted by Joseph R. Fonseca | Saturday, November 01, 2014, 7:22 AM
[font size=4]Brazil finally entered the solar power sector on Friday, granting contracts for the construction of 31 solar parks as it tries to diversify its sources of generation amid an energy crisis caused by the worst drought in eight decades.[/font]
[font size=3]Brazil's energy regulator, Aneel, concluded its first exclusive solar power auction on Friday, clinching 20-year energy supply contracts with companies that will invest 4.14 billion reais ($1.67 billion) and start to feed the national grid in 2017.
The 31 solar parks, the first large-scale solar projects to be constructed in Brazil, will have a combined installed capacity of 1,048 megawatts (MW). Market expectations were for projected total awards of 500 MW.
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"This is one of the lowest prices for solar energy in the world," Tolmasquim said.
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Posted by Joseph R. Fonseca | Saturday, November 01, 2014, 7:22 AM
[font size=4]Brazil finally entered the solar power sector on Friday, granting contracts for the construction of 31 solar parks as it tries to diversify its sources of generation amid an energy crisis caused by the worst drought in eight decades.[/font]
[font size=3]Brazil's energy regulator, Aneel, concluded its first exclusive solar power auction on Friday, clinching 20-year energy supply contracts with companies that will invest 4.14 billion reais ($1.67 billion) and start to feed the national grid in 2017.
The 31 solar parks, the first large-scale solar projects to be constructed in Brazil, will have a combined installed capacity of 1,048 megawatts (MW). Market expectations were for projected total awards of 500 MW.
…
"This is one of the lowest prices for solar energy in the world," Tolmasquim said.
…[/font][/font]
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