Brazilian energy regulator recommends keeping incentives for distributed solar

Brazilian energy regulator the Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL) has recommended keeping the current rules for distributed generation in a public consultation it has launched about a planned review of distributed generation rules, which in Brazil apply to all generators with systems up to 5 MW in scale.

Neoenergia plans to invest €5bn in Brazil until 2022

Neoenergia, power utility controlled by Spanish group Iberdrola, plans to invest €5 billion in Brazil between 2018 and 2022. Iberdrola CEO Ignacio Galán, chairman of the Brazilian company, says such investment includes new projects, mainly of power generation and transmission, and may increase in case the company makes some acquisition in the country.