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the good winds
of Brazil

With more than 1,500 GW potential in onshore and offshore wind farms and ranked sixth in the Global Ranking of Installed Onshore Capacity, the Brazilian wind industry has a crucial role to play in helping to tackle the climate emergency.

Benefits of wind energy

for everybody

  • Every R$ 1.00 invested in wind farms has an impact of R$ 2.9 on GDP.

  • It's renewable, pollution-free and it helps Brazil meet its goals under the Climate Agreement.

  • It allows the landowner to continue planting crops or raising animals.

  • It generates income and improves the lives of landowners who lease the towers.

  • Positively impacts the local economy by increasing GDP and municipal HDI by around 25%

  • It creates around 11 jobs per MW installed.

the size of the
industry in brazil

  • 0,0GW

    of Installed Capacity in Commercial Operation and testing

  • 0

    Wind Farms

  • + of

    0

    Wind turbines in operation

  • 0

    States

Brazilian
Energy Matrix

(GW)

Infografico

evolution of
installed capacity

(MW)

how much
energy is generated?

0,4% 0,45TWh 0,85%
  • of entire injected generation
    in National Integrated System (SIN)
    in 2022 was supplied by wind farms
  • wind energy
    was generated
    in 2022
  • growth as
    compared to wind generation
    in 2021.

WHAT DOES
THIS GENERATION MEAN?

0,0 mn
0 mn
0%
  • of households can be supplied by wind farms, is the monthly average.
  • of inhabitants benefiting.
  • from wind farms in the country at peak times during the "Wind Season".

Wind Energy
contributions to Brazil

  • US$ 0,0 billion

    invested from 2010 to 2022.

  • 0,0 million

    ton of CO2 avoided in 2022 by wind generation.

  • 0 jobs

    are created per installed MW.

  • 0 million

    the equivalent of the emissions of around 22 million passenger cars.

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