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Brazil’s solar waiting game nearly over

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By Lucy Woods

Months after becoming an unexpected star of the 2014 football World Cup, solar struck gold once again in Brazil when it attracted huge interest in a national energy auction. But low bidding prices and the complexities of a local content requirement have tempered some of the excitement about Brazil’s emergence as a solar heavyweight. Lucy Woods weighs up its prospects.

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