Wind grows Brazil share as projects see stellar capacity factors

Brazil’s wind farms accounted for 11.5% of total power generated in August, up from 10.8% a year earlier, helped by new installations and capacity factors in some cases topping 80%.

According to a report compiled by Brazil’s Power Trading Chamber (CCEE), the nation's 519 operational wind farms in August had a total combined installed capacity of 13.21GW – or 8% of Brazil’s total – compared with 11.95GW