Wind energy production will grow by 600%

Brazil. By 2014 the South American country plans to have a growth of wind power generation of 600%. Currently, Brazil generates one thousand megawatts of this type of energy and foresees that within three years its production will be seven thousand megawatts. This will be achieved thanks to the fact that large companies in the energy sector have been installed in that country. As reported for EFE by the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) "wind energy is responsible for 0.9% of the country's installed electrical power, which is 110,000 megawatts." The president of the Energy Research Company (EPE), Mauricio Tolmasquim, told the media that "the crisis in Europe paralyzed projects in that continent. And in China, companies that produce equipment in the same country hardly enter. Foreign companies in the sector, therefore, have Brazil in their sights." The official explained that in Brazil there are already four companies that manufacture wind generators and four more companies have expressed their intention to locate their plants there.