Brazil has around 10,000 companies that work with solar energy, according to data released by Portal Solar. Estimates show that these companies employ 20,000 people and have accumulated investments that exceed R$24 billion. The Portal's survey shows that approximately 6,000 jobs were created in the last 12 months alone.
This is the birth of a segment that, in a matter of two years, will be the largest within the electricity sector, points out Rodolfo Meyer, CEO of Portal Solar. “In our latest survey, completed at the end of April with more than 1,500 participating companies, we found that 41.2% of them have been working with photovoltaic solar energy for less than a year, 27.1% for one to two years, 19.5% for two to three years, and only 12.3% have been operating for more than four years. Another fact is that 6% have surpassed the mark of 50 installed systems, 57.9% have installed 10 to 50 systems, and 36.4% have not yet completed three installations”, he concludes.
