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The Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Association (Absolar) recently pointed out that according to the latest data from the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power System Project (IEA PVPS), Brazil has successfully returned to the top ten countries with the highest installed photovoltaic capacity in the world in 2020, and ranked ninth. . According to the data, last year's global photovoltaic new installed capacity ranked first in China, followed by the United States, Vietnam, Japan and Germany.

Brazil’s “Globe” reported on May 24 that the statistics for this time include the installed capacity of large-scale centralized power plants newly put into operation in the past year and the distribution of small-scale installations in residential buildings, enterprises, factories, rural areas and public sectors. The sum of the installed capacity of the integrated power generation system.

Brazil has been ranked tenth in the world in this ranking as early as 2017. In 2018, Brazil's ranking dropped one place to 11th. Then it continued to fall to 12th place in 2019.

According to data from Absolar, Brazil will install a total of 3152.9 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic power generation systems in 2020, including 2535.3MW (approximately 80% of the total installed capacity) of distributed power generation systems, and 617.6MW (20%) of centralized power generation systems. Power station.

In total, 15.9 billion reais of Zijin was invested in these projects last year and 99,000 new jobs were created. From 2012 to the end of 2020, Brazil has invested 42.1 billion reais in the field of photovoltaic power generation, creating more than 236,000 jobs.

Ronaldo Koloszuk, Chairman of Absolar’s Board of Directors, said: “Brazil is currently reviewing a new bill. This bill establishes a legal framework for renewable energy power generation, which may bring a total of 139 billion reais by 2050. New investment and 1 million new jobs."

He also predicts that by 2050, solar photovoltaic power generation may save 150 billion reals of cost compared with fossil fuel thermal power plants, which is one of the main reasons for expensive electricity bills and greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from the power industry.