In the first half of 2026, Brazil's photovoltaic (PV) module imports fell by 48% year-on-year, dropping from 10.6 GW in the same period of 2025 to 5.5 GW in 2026.
According to a recent report by Greener, a Brazilian PV research and consultancy firm, the decline was even more pronounced in the utility-scale ground-mounted sector, which saw an 82% year-on-year drop—falling from 2.3 GW in the first half of 2025 to 0.43 GW in the first half of 2026.
Imports for the distributed generation (DG) sector—which accounts for the majority of Brazil's installed PV capacity—also decreased, falling from 8.2 GW in the first half of 2025 to 5 GW in the first half of 2026, a decline of 39%.
Mirroring the trend in module imports, Brazil's installed PV capacity in the distributed generation sector fell by 23% year-on-year in the first half of 2026. Total new DG capacity added during this period was 4.2 GW, down from 5.2 GW in the same period of 2025.
By the end of June 2026, cumulative installed capacity for distributed generation had reached 53 GW; meanwhile, the latest data from Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) shows that cumulative utility-scale ground-mounted PV capacity stood at 23.6 GW as of September 8, 2026.
Residential PV continued to account for the largest share of new distributed generation installations, reaching 65% in the first half of 2026. This marks the highest share for residential PV since 2019, while the shares for commercial and industrial PV fell to 19% and 4%, respectively, during the same period. According to Greener, in the early part of the decade, the shares of commercial and industrial installations (35% and 8%, respectively) were slightly higher than the 41% share held by residential PV.
Additionally, in June 2026, module prices for projects under 300 kWp rose by 7% compared to January 2026. The price of a 4 kWp residential system rose from 2.66 BRL/Wp to 2.91 BRL/Wp (approximately 0.56 USD/Wp), an increase of 9% since January 2026. This marks the first price increase for 4 kWp PV systems since January 2022.
The price increase for 50 kWp commercial PV systems was more modest than that of residential systems, rising by only 4% between January and June 2026.
