Wind power in Brazil

• Book ID: 104438691
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 722 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(03)80082-3

✦ Synopsis

Wi ¸ er in Br zil Making up the energy shortfall Due to its current energy crisis, Brazil has to search for alternatives in order to stabilize its energy matrix and diminish its dependence on hydropower, especially as new capacity of about 4 GW has to be installed each year. Given the favourable wind resources in the country, wind looks set to make up an important part of the future Brazilian energy mix.