Brazil registers 20.8GW wind, 12.5GW PV for October tender

Brazil's energy planning authority (EPE) registered 20.8GW of wind projects and 12.5GW of solar PV for a reserve tender that is still scheduled for the end of October.

5 July 2016 15:55 GMT Updated 25 October 2016 15:59 GMT

By Alexandre Spatuzza in Sao Paulo

Overall, wind developers registered 799 projects spread mainly in the northeastern states of Bahia (6.2GW), Rio Grande do Norte (5.1GW) and Ceará (1.96GW). Another 3.1GW were registered in the southern-most state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Solar developers registered a total of 393 projects more widely spread throughout Brazil. Bahia again leads with 2.86GW of solar projects, followed by Piauí, also in the northeast, with 2.1GW

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Brazil registers 20.8GW wind, 12.5GW PV for October tender