Brazil yearly 4 GW wind power growth
Brazil set to grow its wind power installed capacity by 4 GW per year.
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Brazil, Brasília: Brazil set to grow its wind power installed capacity by 4 GW per year.
According to the president of the local wind power association Abeeólica, Elbia Gannoum, Brazil should end 2023 with 29 GW and 2024 with 33 GW of wind power installed capacity, representing an average growth of 4 GW per year.
According to her, the biggest challenge for the wind industry is the capacity to grow demand, which has been very low in recent years. “We’ve migrated to the free [non-regulated] market, which has been quite virtuous, but that growth has been falling as well,” she says.
This is due to the reduction in demand itself, though the main factor is that the PLD (the free-market price benchmark) is too low, which inhibits the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Energy transmission problems, caused by the “gold rush” of distributed generation projects resulting in more projects than the system can absorb, pose another challenge.
As for the current capacities of Brazil’s states, Rio Grande do Norte is currently in the lead, being close to reaching 8 GW of wind power installed capacity, the highest among all states in Brazil.
According to the local electricity watchdog Aneel, the northeastern state currently has 252 farms in operation, totalling 7.9 GW. Recently, the state gained a new wind farm, as Alupar Investimentos started the operation of the AW São João project. It consists of six 4.2 MW generating units, totalling an installed capacity of 25.2 MW.
The state of Bahia ranks second, with 7.6 GW, followed by Piauí (3,5GW), Ceará (2.6 GW), Rio Grande do Sul (1.8 GW), and Pernambuco (1 GW), taking into account states with more than 1 GW of potency in operation.
The national capacity stands at approximately 26 GW, according to Aneel.
Source: bnamericas
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