CGN project brings green ingenuity to Brazil

China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has brought its first self-built greenfield solar power project in Brazil to full capacity operation, marking a significant expansion of its clean energy footprint in Latin America's largest economy.

The Lagoinha solar project, located in northeastern Brazil, has a total installed capacity of 165 megawatts. It is expected to generate approximately 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to meet the power demands of around 240,000 local households, said the State-owned company.

The project utilized Chinese-made photovoltaic modules and inverters, a move CGN said has effectively driven the "going global" of China's solar industry supply chain while also promoting technological upgrades within Brazil's local solar sector.