Brazil is currently facing a paradox that challenges both economic and environmental logic. While the world accelerates the energy transition and consolidates renewable sources as the cornerstone of sustainable development, the country appears to be moving in the opposite direction adopting measures that make clean energy more expensive while favoring the old and inefficient fossil fuel industry.

Brazil’s solar energy sector is facing a critical moment that goes far beyond simple regulatory adjustments. The recent extinction of the ex-tarifário regime for solar inverters marks the end of an era of competitiveness and affordability, while rumors of a potential increase in the import tax on photovoltaic modules to as high as 35% loom like an acid cloud over the market’s future. The result? More than 115,000 jobs at risk and a slowdown that could prove irreversible for one of the country’s