After adding 2GW of new wind capacity in 2016 – to exceed 10.7GW installed – Brazil will reach a plateau of new installations in 2017 and 2018, but this will decline from 2019 onwards due to a lack of tenders, according to new industry figures.

Since 2009, the country has been steadily adding wind from a 600MW base at an average rate of 1.5GW