Wind power to dominate renewable energy Initiatives in Brazil

摘要

Favorable auction process to drive wind power capacity in Brazil ACCORDING to a recent research report "Brazil Wind Power Market Analysis" published by KuicK Research, wind power has become the next big thing for the Brazilian power sector. The wind power generation has seen tremendous growth in the last 5 years and has come out of the background in the power sector in Brazil. Even though the power generation is dominated by hydropower in Brazil, wind power is catching up fast. The report suggests that there has been an increase in wind power generation by 500 from 2006 to 2011.Overall ca- pacity grew from 237 MW in 2006 to close to 1500 MW by end of 2011.