Solar photovoltaic also showed strong interest with 225 installations totalling 6.1 GW seeking to compete alongside eight concentrated solar power plants totalling 240 MW.
Demand from Brazilian wind power developers for federal power offtake deals has reached new heights with 17.4GW of projects seeking to participate in the next mixed technology tender.
Brazil’s Energy Ministry said 708 wind farms applied to take part in the A-5 tender, which is set to take place on 12 September.
Biomass interest topped 1.6GW, coal registered 4.4GW and natural gas plants submitted 20GW of applications. Large hydro topped 575MW while mini-hydro came in at 379MW.
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