SolarAmericas, a recently founded solar developer and asset manager, has announced completion of its first funding round, with further monies to be obtained from private and institutional sources such as local investor EVIPAR. SolarAmericas has 100 MW of solar projects under negotiation already, and aims to bring 2 GW under its wing in Brazil by 2026 for co-funding, planning, building and managing, in co-operation with commercial partners. The company will soon begin construction of its first project. Although Brazil has 212 million citizens and is a middle-income country, it only has 9.2 GW of solar installed as of May this year – it’s punching well below its weight, with 2.7% of global population, but only 1% of global solar so…