Brazil's rooftop solar boom shows why regulation now matters more than module prices

pv magazine reports that Brazil is adding more than 1 GW of new PV capacity each month, most of it from small-scale distributed rooftop installations. The analysis argues that Brazil's momentum is not mainly about cheaper modules than neighboring markets, but about high electricity prices, accessible financing, supportive regulation, tax incentives, and the scale of the national energy market. For solar professionals, the lesson is that distributed PV growth depends on market rules and customer economics as much as hardware costs.