Learn From Brazil about Low-Carbon Energy

To encourage more enterprises to participate in this emerging industry, starting in 2014, the Brazilian government began to use special solar power system to attract enterprises to participate in the auction. Auction system can encourage enterprises to effectively evaluate solar project, and make a reasonable offer, to a certain extent, ensure corporate earnings, to stimulate enthusiasm for business investment.

Encourage enterprises to participate in the construction of large-scale PV projects outside the Brazilian government through tariff adjustments means to develop distributed solar powered portable generation market. In 2012, the Brazilian electricity regulatory bodies to develop a new system of price deductions.

As the power offer rooftop solar power system is lower than the grid, the Brazilian domestic users to install rooftop solar power system is very enthusiastic. Currently, the cost of rooftop solar power and even some areas of Brazil with conventional energy generation has been able to match.

In addition, January of this year, Brazil's mining and energy committee of the House also approved a resolution for the duty-free PV modules exempted from import duties when that is, if a PV module can not be produced in Brazil, the local community, then imported to the component. Tax policy directly reduce the production cost of photovoltaic power generation systems, solar energy projects to stimulate investment, and help to increase employment and promote economic growth.

Under the guidance and encouragement of the above measures, Brazil has grown to become the global solar market, "rising star." In April 2015, Brazil announced the construction of a solar power plant located in a large water reservoir on Amazon Balbina. The project design capacity of 350 megawatts, far more than currently the world's largest water of solar power plant in Japan (14.5 MW). 

On the eve of the Rio Olympic Games, Enel Brasil announced the construction of Latin America's largest photovoltaic power plant project in Piauí in northeastern Brazil. The project with a total investment of nearly $ 300 million, 292 MW of installed capacity, power generation will be 600 GWh per year, electricity for 300,000 households. The Brazilian government has also promoted the construction of a number of small-scale solar power projects installed capacity of less than 1 MW, to meet power demand in 2014 World Cup and the Rio Olympics this year.

It can be said, in their respective energy resource endowments, location advantages industries a full investigation, study and master after Brazil clearly the direction of development of its alternative energy, through law enforcement, economic incentives and other means to promote the development of new domestic energy industry chain mature to form the overall industrial competitiveness for the future of sustainable energy development has laid a solid foundation. For the same commitment to new low-carbon energy development and economic and social transformation of China, Brazil's experience is worth learning.