Tigo Energy, a provider of solar and energy software solutions, announced that solar development company, Apollo Flutuantes, will deploy 97,200 Tigo optimizers, including the Tigo TS4-X-O MLPE line, in Brazil’s largest floating solar plant.
The project, scheduled for completion in December 2025, will be located on the Lajeado Hydroelectric Power Plant reservoir in Tocantins, Brazil. The Lajeado Hydroelectric Power Plant has five generating units of 180.5 MW and an installed capacity to generate 902.5 MW.
The project, designed and installed by Apollo Flutuantes, includes features like high-albedo platforms that optimize light reflection in an effort to maximize backside energy output of the system’s bifacial modules. The project will feature the recently released Tigo TS4-X-O MLPE devices, with plug-and-play support for solar modules up to 800W at 25A.
“The optimization technology from Tigo is crucial to this project because we need electrical safety on the water because it allows us to get the absolute most energy production out of the bifacial modules and because we can see exactly what is happening on each of the modules,” said José Alves Teixeira Filho, CEO at Apollo Flutuantes. “With rapid shutdown through optimizer technology, we can isolate specific portions of the system to safely address issues without having to shut the entire operation down. This project serves as an important example to replicate across Brazil as our solar installations and ambitions get bigger and bigger.”
The Tigo TS4-X line gives installers the ability to deploy high-power modules up to 800W. Designed for commercial, industrial, and utility-scale projects, these solutions feature wireless and PLC communications and pair with a range of third-party inverters.
“This project brings yet another large-scale Tigo system into our portfolio, joining hundreds of monitored systems between 500kW and 5MW for which customers get the highest resolution insights,” added Jing Tian, chief growth officer at Tigo Energy. “As both the size and number of solar systems increase, the amount of data they produce requires advanced monitoring and analysis software from Tigo. We are honored to serve AE Power, Apollo Flutuantes, and the entire Brazilian market in this capacity.”
