Global Wind Workforce Outlook 2025-2030
Brazil
Thanks to the strong growth momentum driven by private PPAs, Brazil accounted for two-thirds of the capacity added in this region over the past four years, making it the largest wind market in this region. However, growth slowed down in 2024 with annual installations expected to drop continuously in the next 2-3 years. In addition to lower-than-expected electricity demand and missing demand from regulated new energy auctions, curtailment remains a critical local challenge.
Despite challenges remaining for the wind industry in the short term, recent government projections present a more optimistic outlook in the medium and long-term. By the end of 2024, the country had 33.7 GW of wind capacity installed across 1,103 wind farms comprising 11,720 turbines. GWEC Market Intelligence believes that Brazil will continue to strengthen its leadership in the LAC region with its total onshore wind expected to be doubled by 2035, making wind energy as a pillar of national decarbonisation and industrial strategy. While there are no offshore wind projects in this country, the recent passage of the Offshore Wind Law (Law 15.097/2025) has laid the legal framework for offshore wind development in the country. Based on the latest status of offshore wind development as well as our stakeholder consultation, GWEC Market Intelligence
believes that offshore wind development in Brazil will gain traction from the beginning of 2030s although a small- scale demonstration project is likely to be built before the end of this decade. Leveraging decades of leadership in offshore oil and gas, Brazil enters the offshore wind era with pre-existing advantages in specialized vessels, advanced subsea and engineering expertise, robust environmental- assessment capabilities, and strategically located port infrastructure across the South, Southeast, and Northeast regions. Free-trade-zone incentives and export-financing frameworks further enhance the competitiveness of domestic manufacturing, enabling supply-chain integration and future participation in international offshore wind markets.
Rosa Dos Ventos, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil
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Chapter 6: Country Commentaries – Brazil
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