The money will be mostly used FOR construction of new wind plants..

Data from the Brazilian Wind Power Association (Abeeólica) says that the country's installed generation capacity should more than double to 11.2GW from the present 4.1GW. Abeeólica's estimate is based on contracts signed in recent auctions.

BNDES estimates total investment in the power sector during 2014-17 will reach R$191bn, up from R$160bn in a previous study for 2013-2016.