But tapping into this potential will not be easy in coming months and years as the country sinks further into political instability.
Since elections in October 2014, when losing presidential candidate Aécio Neves asked for a recount, a raw dispute for power between the main parties has resulted in the postponement of an estimated $80bn of investments, including in energy.
Brazil's seven-year-old wind-power market — tied to billion-dollar investments in supply chains for locally assembled machines and 17GW of projects contracted — has no choice but to weather the storm.
