“We have learned a lot from the first auction and have made changes accordingly,” Eduardo Azevedo, the state's energy department chief told Recharge.

Despite Azevedo's optimism, Pernambuco has yet to sign 20-year PPAs with four of the five winners of an auction, which was held in December 2013. So far only Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) has signed a contract and is building a 10MW PV plant.

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