How wind power grew in Brazil
Brazil's wind story starts in 1992, when turbines were installed on the island of Fernando de Noronha and at Olinda. The first independent producer came in Ceará in 1998, when the Taíba farm started with ten 500 kW turbines. The Prainha farm, also in Ceará, followed in 1999.
A federal programme, PROINFA, contracted about 1,423 MW of wind from 2004, when only 28 MW existed. Its local content rules barred imports, and with only two turbine suppliers in the country, deadlines slipped to 2008. In December 2009 a reserve auction contracted 71 wind projects with 1,805 MW, at an average of R$148.39/MWh. Contracting peaked at a record 4.71 GW in 2013. Demand for equipment has since fallen. GE and Siemens Gamesa halted turbine plants in 2022 and 2023. In February 2025 LM Wind Power said it would close its blade plant at Suape.
Brazil had 35,995 MW of wind across 1,161 farms at the end of 2025. It added 2.27 GW that year, against a record 4.8 GW in 2023. Wind supplied 116.4 TWh in 2025, 18.1% of the electricity fed into the national grid, and the Northeast produced 93% of it. Curtailment has grown sharply. Grid operator data show that 19.1% of possible wind output was cut in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2024. The ten-year plan published in July 2026 sees wind rising to about 50 GW by 2035.
Sources: Pesquisa FAPESP · ABEEólica · CRESESB · Energypedia · Offshore Magazine · ABEEólica · ONS · Canal Solar
Where Brazil's power comes from, 2025
| Source | Share of electricity |
|---|---|
| Hydro | 51.8% |
| Wind | 15.7% |
| Solar | 11.8% |
| Bioenergy | 7.3% |
| Gas | 7.3% |
| Coal | 2.3% |
| Nuclear | 2.1% |
| Other fossil fuels | 1.7% |
Wind farms in Brazil
We track 499 wind farms in Brazil: 36.1 GW operating and 277.9 GW under construction, consented or planned, with 247.7 GW of it offshore. Each one's owners, turbines and status are in the Wind app.
Electricity data: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Wind farms: national registers and Global Energy Monitor; see data sources.
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