In 2022, around 99 percent of all photovoltaic panels purchased in Brazil were imported from China, which is the leading global manufacturer of solar energy equipment. Only 1 percent was produced locally. Brazil's solar energy market is undergoing an extraordinary expansion. 6 GW of solar modules in the first half of 2025, down slightly year over year as developers rushed to secure shipments before an import tax hike, according to Greener. From pv magazine Brazil Brazil imported 10. According to the company, the projection for this year takes into account the results of the latest Greener survey, which ranked DAH Solar as the 4th most remembered brand among integrators and the 8th. In the last five years, Brazil has increased its solar photovoltaic energy generating capacity by more than 6-fold. In 2020, the country's installed solar PV capacity stood at 8. By the end of 2024, this had grown to roughly 53 gigawatts. The Brazilian solar sector is experiencing a. Student Brenda Rodrigues da Silva works on the installation of solar panels at Fábrica Social, a professional training centre in Brasília, Brazil.