South America’s largest solar PV set live ahead of deadline

Enel Green Power Brazil has announced the operations of the 475MW section of the Sao Goncalo solar PV plant in the Brazilian state of Piaui. The plant is South America’s largest PV facility and has gone live a year ahead of the deadline set by the rules of the 2017 A-4 public tender. The tender was issued by the Brazilian federal government through the country’s energy regulator Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL). Enel invested $390 million for the construction of the 475MW section of the solar PV plant and is investing an additional $110 million to add 133MW to bring the plant’s total capacity to 608MW in 2020. The 475MW section of the plant will generate over 1,200GWh per year while avoiding the emission of over 600,000 tons of carbon emissions. 265MW of the 475MW are supported by a 20-year power supply contracts with a pool of distribution companies.