Solar energy is to figure prominently in the future of the Brazilian state of Paraná with plans to build an end-to-end Photovoltaic value chain. The determination as to whether this is technically and economically feasible is now being made by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and its partners in this project.
ZSW has been advising policymakers and analyzing energy management systems for many years at regional, national and EU levels. Now the Stuttgart-based institute is taking its expertise to South America to help photovoltaic modules manufacturing get off the ground in Paraná. An agreement to this end was signed in Stuttgart on November 4 with Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economic Affairs Nils Schmid in attendance.
