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Figure 3 - Overview of installations by category

Figure 1 - Solar irradiance in 2018
Sunny Portal- SMA Solar Technology AG

This website shows publicly available PV systems.

Bureau Telecom en Post

BT&P (Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post) is a
multi-sectoral independent supervisor and regulator on
behalf of the government of Curaçao of the providers of Figure 4 - Overview of categories by percentage
services and products in the following sector-related
spheres of activity: Legend:
IN: Industrial category
• Telecommunications CO: Commercial category
• Post HH: Households category
• Electricity
• Water Share of PV in installed capacity
• Fuel
• Bitumen Although not officially counted as production units by
• Airport Tariffs the utility, in this section we estimate the share of PV in
installed capacity and energy mix. The installed capacity
PV is 12,000 kWp, which represent approximate 7% of
OVERVIEW OF PV INSTALLATIONS the total installed capacity (167 MW diesel and wind)

As of October 2018 a total of 757 PV installations are Share of PV in energy generated
registered with BT&P, the local regulator. BT&P
classifies the installations under the categories The PV installations are forecasted to generate
Household (HH), Commercial (CO) and Industrial (IN). approximate 2% of the total energy production, based
The same category the local utility Aqualectra uses for on 1,500 sun hours per year.
its customer categories. The total installed capacity is
12,000 kWp.

# of PV Total PV
installations kWp
757 12,000 Figure 5 - Share of installed PV capacity

Figure 2 - Overview of PV installations
Note: these PV installations are not considered as
“production units” by the utility. Only fossil fuel units
and wind generators are considered production units. By
end 2018 15-20 MWp “utility grade” solar capacity will Figure 6 - Share of PV energy
come on line.

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