Overview
- Assu Sol, Engie's 895 MWp project in northeast Brazil, entered full commercial operation this month.
- Engie's Brazil head said grid-ordered curtailments are reducing output and hurting the project's economics, without disclosing the affected volume.
- Options under evaluation include installing on-site battery storage or hosting bitcoin-mining data centers to act as offtakers.
- The company said any chosen solution would take a couple of years to implement rather than providing immediate relief.
- Brazil's solar and wind farms have faced rising curtailments since 2023, leading to billions of reais in sector losses.