Brazil closes 2018 with 14.7 gigawatts of wind capacity installed

The installed capacity of wind power in Brazil has risen to 14.7 gigawatts (GW) in 2018, a 15.7% increase compared to last year, said the Brazilian wind energy Association (Abeeólica). In all, Brazil already has 583 wind farms in 12 States, with emphasis on the Rio Grande do Norte (150) and Bahia (135). According to Abeeólica, considering the brazilian electric matrix in December 2018, the participation of wind energy was 9%, being the third most representative source. The second source, biomass accounted for 9.1% of the array at the end of last year. "Soon, the wind becomes second source of brazilian electric matrix, a feat really for a source that has developed more intense there is little less than ten years," he said in a note to President Abeeólica Executive, Malley Gannoum, pointing out that, when the industry began, in 2011, the country had less than 1 GW. " In 2012, we were on the 15th place in the Ranking of installed capacity of the Global Wind Energy Council. Now we're on our way to complete 15 GW and occupy the eighth position in the ranking, "said the Executive. According to Association projections, only taking into account the already signed contracts for the construction of wind farms, the Brazil's closing 2024 with an installed capacity of 19 MW of wind power.