However, Recharge has learned that powering the stadiums using PV panels will cost virtually as much as doing so via thermal generation – proving that prohibitive costs are still a major problem in the sluggish Brazilian solar market.
Power from the solar projects underway to make the keenly-awaited football event greener will come in at more than R$500 ($243) per MWh – the same cost as an oil-fired power plant and five times more than wind generation was paid in the last round of government tenders.
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