“We wanted to give a signal to solar,” José Carlos Miranda Farias, director of studies and planning at Brazil's energy planning authority EPE told Recharge after the dramatic increase to its previous outlook, which expected 3.5GW in 2023.

The forecast is part of the annual update to the country's 10-year energy expansion plan known as the PDE, the draft version of which will be published for public consultation in the next few weeks.

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