Heavy rains recently triggered floods in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state when Lake Guaíba and the Taquari River and Uruguay River overflowed, reaching more than 5.30 meters and affecting more than 1.95 million people. The death toll stands at 143, with 125 still missing. The authorities still have yet to assess the losses from submerged or affected PV plants.
From pv magazine Brazil
Climate change
Mara Schwengber, coordinator of the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (Absolar) in Rio Grande do Sul and the CEO of Solled Energia, also organized a fundraiser to help flood victims.
“As the G5 is spread across the country, in the first few days we managed to raise financial resources to purchase items such as water, food, biscuits, cleaning materials and basic hygiene,” said Schwengber. “As a result, we managed to get more people to…
