Brazil could end 2017 with 25,000 rooftop PV arrays installed, an increase more than fourfold from the 6,600 in operation at the end of last year, despite a lack of adequate financing and the fallout from the cancellation of solar power tenders last year.

“I am an optimist and expect that we’ll reach 25,000 arrays by the end of year,” Barbara Rubin, co-ordinator of Greenpeace’s renewable energy campaign in Brazil told Recharge, pointing out that the NGO is finalising its projections.

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