Curtailment creeps – 07-08 – 2026
Curtailment creeps
Solar development in Latin America over the past few years has been boosted by the region’s sunny climate and strong industrial demand for electricity. Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia are four standout markets. This issue examines the curtailment problem that these and other Latin American nations are facing right now, and how they are dealing with it. Chile is going all out on hybrid connections, adding big batteries to solar parks, while Colombia is in need of critical grid upgrades to make use of its growing solar capacity.
Reporting on Argentina, pv magazine’s Luis Ini writes about moves to link solar expansion to demand from a growing mining sector in need of reliable clean energy. And Brazil, by far the largest market in Latin America, is preparing for upcoming battery auctions set to reshape its energy storage market and foster domestic manufacturing of battery components, as Livia Neves reports
Other topics in this issue:
- Microgrids with macro impact: Solar microgrids bring bountiful benefits across the Caribbean.
- Policy, permitting & AI demand: US solar stocks influenced by AI-driven power demand.
- Buried junction box defects: Three ways to mitigate junction box failures – catching them early is key.
- New materials in the frame: Suppliers of steel and glass composite PV module frames explain their advantages over incumbent aluminum
- AC vs. DC coupling: Simulation-based comparison of AC vs. DC coupling for battery system design, proving the best strategy comes down to individual project factors.
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