Brazil's installed power capacity increased by 10.9 GW in 2024, according to the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), the highest growth ever recorded since 1997. Overall, 301 new power plants were installed across 16 Brazilian States, of which over 91% were renewable power plants. The newly installed capacity was distributed as it follows: 147 solar PV power plants (5,630 MW), 121 wind projects (4,261 MW), 22 thermal plants (907 MW), nine small hydropower plants (52 MW) and two hydroelectric generating plants (4.6 MW). Most of the projects were installed in the states of Minas Gerais (3,174 MW), Bahia (2,409 MW) and Rio Grande do Norte (1,816 MW).
At the end of 2023, Brazil had a total installed capacity of 225 GW (199 GW for public producers and 26 GW for autoproducers), of which solar represented 16% (37 GW) while wind represented 13% (29 GW). Consequently, the public installed capacity rose to 209 GW at the end of 2024.
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