It is an industrial boom that is generating jobs and increasing tax revenues in the relatively impoverished state — money that is being invested in better roads, schools and hospitals.
“[The industry] is transforming the region,” says Rafael Valverde, the executive secretary for energy affairs at Bahia’s industry secretariat, who has taken a leading role in the state’s wind development. “This is what the government saw four years ago: job creation and the potential of social and economic change.
