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Brazil has imported 17.5GW of solar modules in 2023, slightly down from the previous year, according to Brazilian PV research and consultancy firm Greener.

French renewables company Voltalia has seen a significant increase in its installed capacity, reaching a total of 2.37GW in 2023, up from 1.57GW in 2022.

US tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has opened a 2.5GW solar tracker facility in the eastern region of Bahia, Brazil.

Infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital has agreed to invest up to US$400 million in Brazilian distributed generation company Órigo Energia.

Trina Solar has signed a supply agreement with Fiber X to supply modules and trackers to a project under development in Brazil.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has supplied its 1+X modular inverters to renewables company Comerc Renew’s 267MW solar PV plant in Brazil.

Chinese solar module manufacturer Hanersun will supply 400MW of its n-type modules to Brazilian solar investment platform Solfácil for its distributed generation operations.

Recurrent Energy has announced the funding for its 300MW Ciranda solar project, which consists of a US$100 million (BRL490 million) package.

Norwegian energy company Statkraft has acquired Spanish renewables developer Enerfin for an estimated €1.8 billion (US$1.9 billion).

Engie has purchase a portfolio of five solar projects in Brazil from Atlas Renewable Energy, with a combined capacity of 545MWac.