The Northeast accounts for 86% of wind energy production in the country – which already has more than 7,000 wind turbines in 601 wind farms-, according to data from the Brazilian Wind Energy Association (ABEEólica). Piauí is among the largest producers of clean energy, which ranks fifth among the largest producers of wind energy and is the second largest producer of solar energy in Brazil.
“If we consider that wind energy had around 1 gigawatts (GW) installed in 2011, it is a really impressive feat that we managed to occupy this prominent place in the electrical matrix. I think it is essential to point out that there are different ways of looking at a country's electricity matrix and one of the possibilities is to consider the primary source of generation, that is, what resource is used for generating electricity. I believe that this is a form of presentation that gives us an interesting and detailed view of what we are using to produce energy in Brazil and, in this case, wind is the second source in the country”, explains Elbia Gannoum, president of the Brazilian Association of Wind Energy.
