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ISSA Press Release EN Sunday, September 01, 2019

Impressive launch of The smarter E South America - LATAM's innovation hub for the new energy world took off with record breaking numbers

São Paulo, August 31, 2019: Three exhibitions, one special exhibition, one mission: setting the stage for developing a clean and advanced energy industry in South America. After three successful days, it’s clear that this was an excellent launch of The smarter E South America -LATAM’s innovation hub…

ISSA Press Release EN Wednesday, August 28, 2019

LATAM’s Innovation Hub for the New Energy World opens its doors and reflects the dynamic of the industry

Sao Paulo, August 28, 2019: South America’s Solar Markets on the rise. Brazil continued to grow at a strong pace of more than 1 GW per year in newly added solar PV installed capacity in 2018. Both main market segments centralized generation (utility-scale projects) and distributed generation (small…

Newscategory ISSA Friday, September 06, 2019

High power prices, falling PV costs and new regulations behind Brazil’s solar carnival

The nation’s thriving distributed generation market is flying, as was evident at last week’s Intersolar South America trade show. The sector seems unconcerned by mooted changes to net metering incentives in the new year and when even an environmental non-believer like President Bolsonaro is on side,…

ISSA Industry News EN Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Solar-plus-storage gets its share in Brazil’s auction for non-interconnected state of Roraima

Although only two of the nine projects selected in the auction are for hybrid biomass-solar power plants with some storage, seven will rely on renewable energy sources. The largest selected project, however, is a 123 MW gas power plant in the city of Boa Vista.