Anunnamed major industrial group wants to develop the project in São João da BoaVista, a municipality 220km west of São Paulo city, according to statesecretary of energy José Aníbal.

The PVplant  would be among the largest yet mooted in Brazil or the wider LatinAmerican region.

Aníbal’sdeputy Milton Flavio Lautenschlager tells Recharge the developer is in talkswith Germany-based PV manufacturer Q-Cells – bought last year by Korea’s HanwhaGroup – and a Spanish solar company to jointly build, equip and operate thepower plant.