Table 1 Significant milestones regarding the solar source—Between January 2018 and August 2019
Period | Event |
|---|---|
January—2018 | Photovoltaic solar energy reaches its first gigawatt of installed capacity in Brazil |
May—2018 | ANEEL—National Electric Energy Agency opens public consultation number 10/2018 to review the rules for distributed solar photovoltaic generation in Brazil |
January—2019 | Centralized solar photovoltaic generation reaches 2 gigawatt of accumulated installed capacity and becomes the seventh largest source of electricity in Brazil, surpassing nuclear |
June—2019 | Distributed photovoltaic solar generation reaches its first gigawatt of installed capacity |
August—2019 | All Brazilian states adhere to ICMS Agreement number 16/2015 |