The comment marks a rare – and potentially highly-significant – willingness by Tolmasquim to put some sort of figure on the level of new wind that the Brazilian government expects to back with power deals in 2013, and over subsequent years.

Tolmasquim’s remarks – made in an exclusive interview with Recharge – suggest that the industry's wish to see at least 2GW of new capacity awarded annually in national tenders might be realised.

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