According to the federal government's monthly power supply monitoring committee (CSME), up to the beginning of April 1.87GW of new capacity was added, of which about 640MW came from wind, or slightly more than 30%.
Brazil had ended 2015 with a wind installed capacity of 8.72GW, equivalent to 6% of the country's total.
The increase in early 2016 was the result of new projects coming online in northeastern and southern regions which had been contracted at auctions in recent years.
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