“The appetite of the wind industry remains strong despite the [bad] macroeconomic conditions,” Élbia Silva Gannoum, executive president of the Brazilian Wind Power Association (ABEEólica) told Recharge.

Gannoum reaffirmed her projection of 2GW to 3GW to be contracted in 2015, despite the fact that in two previous tenders so far this year only 628MW has been procured. This means that at around 1.7GW