The Future of the Brazilian Wind Energy Market

Summary

Brazil is now looking to diversify its energy portfolio by inviting bids for wind projects. The Brazilian government plans to hold its first wind tender in November, and continue with auctions every year to promote wind development. The government aims to attract a newly-added capacity of 1000 MW annually for six to ten years through yearly tenders. However, the mandate for sourcing 60% of a project’s value-add from within the country, high import taxes, high infrastructure building costs and tight financing conditions are expected to restrain the wind market growth. Brazil is most likely to miss the government’s target of achieving 5000 MW of installed capacity by 2015. The wind market in Brazil is expected to grow from 542 MW in 2009 to 2500 MW by 2015 at a CAGR of 29% and save 510,625 tons of carbon emissions annually by 2015.

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1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 3
1.2 List of Figures 4
2 Viewpoint 5
2.1 Summary 5
3 The Future of the Brazilian Wind Energy Market 6
3.1 Wind as a Complementary Power Source 8
3.2 Optimistic Targets 10
3.3 Growth Forecasts 11
3.4 Silver Linings 15
3.5 Conclusion 16
4 Appendix 17
4.1 Methodology 17
4.2 About  18
4.3 Contact Us 18
4.4 Disclaimer 18
 

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: The Latin America Wind Power Market, Regional Split by Cumulative Installed Capacity, Percentage, 2008 7
Table 2: The Brazil Wind Market, Historical Cumulative Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-08 9
Table 3: The Brazil Wind Market, Wind Farm Cost, US$ Million/MW, 2003-09 11
Table 4: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Cumulative Installed Capacity, MW, 2009-15 12
Table 5: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Carbon Savings, Tons, 2009-15 13
Table 6: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Average Number of Homes Powered, 2009-15 14
Table 7: The Brazil Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2003-15 16
 

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: The Latin America Wind Power Market, Regional Split by Cumulative Installed Capacity, Percentage, 2008 7
Figure 2: The Brazil Wind Market, Historical Cumulative Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-08 9
Figure 3: The Brazil Wind Market, Wind Farm Cost, US$ Million/MW, 2003-09 11
Figure 4: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Cumulative Installed Capacity, MW, 2009-15 12
Figure 5: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Carbon Savings, Tons, 2009-15 13
Figure 6: The Brazil Wind Market, Forecast Average Number of Homes Powered, 2009-15 14
Figure 7: The Brazil Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2003-15 15