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DER - Distributed Energy Resources in Brazil is growing at an exponential rate and has surpassed 100,000 Prosumers. The total number of Grid Source connections amounts to 75,537 as of May 1ˢᵗ 2019, feeding 104,756 Consumers, presenting an accumulated increase of 177% during the last 12 months. Total Installed Capacity will surpass 1,300 MW by the end of 2019. The current total Installed Capacity is 911.82 MW, compared to 44 kW in December 2011, as shown in Figure 1, with a strong focus on PV Generation - 777.55 MW. Other sources include biogas, biomass, wind and hydro micro & mini power plants as depicted in Figure 2.