International business development manager Mercedes Pereyra Boue says the company plans to build a 500MW-a-year production line in its existing plant in São Paulo state.

Brazil expects to have 8GW of utility-scale PV by 2024 and 4.5GW of rooftop solar.

Yaskawa-Solectria is seeking local-content accreditation with Brazil's national development bank, BNDES, which should be granted at the start of the second half of this year.