“When you are a pioneer in a market, you capture growth,” José Antonio Miranda, Gamesa's new chief executive for Latin America, tells Recharge in an exclusive interview.

Aside from the 2GW-a-year markets of Brazil and Mexico, and the robust Chile market, he sees opportunities for its machines across Central America and the Caribbean, followed by Peru and Colombia.

In four years as Gamesa's top executive in China, Miranda oversaw the start of operations at local nacelle assembly plants, which he had helped plan in his previous post as manager of the Spanish company's electrical components division.

Miranda,