The Growth Of Wind Energy In Latin America And North America Has Demonstrated Consistent Investments In Distributed Generation And Efforts To Reduce CO2
On Monday (15), data was released by the international electric sector association GWEC Market Intelligence indicating that, in Latin America and North America, wind energy grew by 62% in 2020 compared to 2019, thus, the capacity of distributed generation increased by 22 gigawatts (GW), reaching 168 GW.
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The country that leads in wind energy distributed generation is the United States, with about 17 GW more between 2019 and last year, representing an 85% increase in wind energy production.
Wind Energy In Latin America
With an increase of 2.3 GW in distributed generation, Brazil is in first place when we look only at Latin America. Other countries also set records in renewable energy distributed generation, such as Argentina (1GW) and Chile (684 MW).
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Saudi Arabia is building in Oxagon a US$ 8.4 billion mega green hydrogen plant with 4 GW of solar and wind energy, 5.6 million solar panels, and capacity to produce 600 tons per day, transforming the desert into one of the planet’s largest clean fuel factories.
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Germany and Denmark will transform Bornholm into a Baltic power island, connecting 3 GW of offshore wind power to the grids of the two countries via submarine cables and turning a real island into an international energy hub.
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Brazil discovers natural hydrogen in four states and enters the silent race that could redraw the energy transition: Petrobras has already invested R$ 20 million in studies.
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A BRICS country surprises the world, doubles electricity generation in just 7 years, nears 9,800 MW, and becomes one of Africa’s new bets in renewable energy.
Wind energy is already the second largest source of Brazil’s energy matrix. The installed capacity in the country reached 16 GW in the first half of 2020 according to the Brazilian Wind Energy Association (ABEEólica). There are 637 wind farms and 7,738 wind turbines.
Advantages Of Distributed Generation In Latin America
The fact that it is a renewable source and has low impact at its installation and operation sites means that wind energy brings various socioeconomic and environmental benefits.
As wind farms do not emit CO2, in 2019 alone, the emissions of 22.85 million tons of carbon dioxide were avoided.
The amount is equivalent to the annual emissions of about 21.7 million automobiles, according to ABEEólica. In addition to these factors, the wind source generates income and improves the lives of landowners with paid leases, which are taxed, for the placement of more than 7,000 towers in operation.

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