From January to April 2025, more than 258,000 consumers began using micro and mini distributed generation (MMGD) systems in the country, which resulted in an increase in power of 2.86 gigawatts (GW).
The systems installed in the first four months of 2025 began generating credits for 393,000 properties – including homes, businesses, farms and others. With MMGD, the consumer generates electricity from renewable sources or qualified cogeneration and injects the unused energy into the distribution grid, receiving credits to use at times when it is not generating, through the Electric Energy Compensation System (SCEE).
More than 50,000 MMGD plants were installed in April, with a combined capacity of 524.50 megawatts (MW). 50,655 photovoltaic solar plants and one biogas-fired thermoelectric plant, located in Inhumas/GO, began operating in the month.
São Paulo was the state that stood out from January to April, both in number of installed systems and in power: 46,000 plants began operating, totaling 405 MW. Minas Gerais was the second state in terms of MMGD power expansion in the same period, with 270 MW and 24,000 new installations, followed by Mato Grosso, with 262 MW and 19,000 installations.
Courtesy of National Electric Energy Agency.