“I think they will all try to make it work, even if the amount tendered is closer to 2GW or 2.5GW per year,” says the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) secretary-general.

Sawyer notes that Wobben, Impsa, Gamesa, Alstom and GE have already met the domestic-content criteria for preferential funding from the national development bank, BNDES, and other manufacturers, including Vestas, are close to doing so.

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