Sunshine rollercoaster? Brazil tipped for solar boom
Solar capacity is set to double in Brazil in the course of this year, but for a country just emerging from a brutal recession, challenges remain
Brazil was late to the global solar party. As other countries took advantage of the rapid cost reduction from PV panels in the early 2000s to build out large scale solar plants, the Brazilian government...
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