“My impressions of the minister were the best possible,” said Élbia Silva Gannoum, executive president of the Brazilian Wind Power Association (ABEEólica) after a meeting with Coelho Filho.

“He showed great will to do things and understands fully the need to open the sector to more private investments,” Silva Gannoum told Recharge.

Coelho Filho – a congressman for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) from the northeastern state of Pernambuco – was named minister last week following the political upheavals that have gripped the country, and held a meeting with senior representatives of eight trade groups from the power sector on Sunday.

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