Winter wildfires smother solar in South America

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that aerosols from Brazilian wildfires significantly reduced solar irradiance across parts of South America in July, although a persistent high-pressure system over the South Pacific boosted irradiance in Chile and Argentina. According to analysis using the Solcast API, large areas of Northern Brazil saw +10% more irradiance than normal for July, while parts of Uruguay, Argentina and Chile saw up to 20% more than normal. However, wildfires in Brazil were much more intense than usual in July, with more fires registered than ...

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