Published Jun 12, 2019 8:56 CEST Lucas is based in Brazil. He joined Renewables Now to expand coverage of the Ibero-American market, a highly attractive destination for green energy investment.
Brazilian energy research company EPE has said almost 30 GW of renewable energy schemes had been registered for the October 2019 auction for hydro, wind, solar, biomass, coal and natural gas projects. A breakdown of the figures shows 25 GW of wind schemes, 101 GW for solar, just under 1.2 GW in total for large, small and mini hydro, 1.3 GW for biomass, 1.6 GW for coal and 41 GW for natural gas. State-owned EPE said 1,829 projects would compete for contracts in October.