solar power. Each participating school has a 2 kW solar panel. Between February 2007 and 29 December 29, 2012, 395.714 MWh were produced. In 2010, New Zealand's largest thin film solar array was the 20 kW array installed at Hubbard Foods A 21.6 kW photovoltaic array was installed in Queenstown in 2009. In April 2012, New Zealand's largest solar power plant was the 68.4 kW array installed to meet 70% of the electricity needs of South Auckland Forging Engineering Ltd, which is expected to pay for itself in eight to nine years. South America Brazil Brazil began to install solar energy on a massive scale starting in 2017, quickly becoming the Latin American country with the most solar energy installed. The total installed solar power in Brazil was estimated at 21 GW at October 2022, generating approximately 2.48% of the country's electricity demand. In 2023 Brazil will be among the 10 largest countries in the world in terms of installed solar power. In 2020, Brazil was the 14th country in the world in terms of installed solar power (7.8 GW). Chile Chile is currently the third Latin American country (and second in South America) with the most installed solar energy, 4.4 GW in 2021. As the Atacama Desert has the highest solar irradiation in the world, and Chile has always had problems obtaining energy (the country basically does not produce oil, gas and coal), renewable energy is seen as the solution for the country's shortcomings in the energy field. The 246MW El Romero solar photovoltaic plant open in November 2016 at Vallenar in the Atacama region It was the largest solar farm in Latin America when it opened. By the first half of 2015 Chile reached 546 MW of PV installed capacity, and 1,647 MW are under construction. See also Wind power by country Growth of photovoltaics International Solar Alliance List of photovoltaic power stations List of solar thermal power stations Renewable energy Renewable energy commercialization Solar energy Solar thermal energy References Solar country Renewable energy