Brazil’s power tenders are back after a hiatus of almost two years, but the country’s wind industry can’t just flick the switch and return to where it was in 2016 — too much has changed.

While President Michel Temer’s administration paused the annual tenders due to an alleged lack of future demand, the global onshore sector ploughed forward on its path of bigger turbines and ever shorter innovation cycles, making Brazil’s 2MW-platform machines look almost quaint in comparison.