Pure Energy is start-up controlled by local construction group Cerutti. It the first taker of BNDES financing for the solar industry announced in the second half of 2014, which promotes national content requirements.

BNDES announced its local content rules ahead of the solar tender with contracted 890MW of solar capacity to be built by 2017. SunEdison was the first company to announce investment in solar PV equipment plants in Brazil, but the US company has not obtained BNDES financing.

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