Brazil to Attract 10 Billion Reais for Wind Power, Estado Says

By Joao Lima
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil will attract at least 10 billion reais ($5.8 billion) of investment in wind-energy projects in the Ceara and Rio Grande do Norte regions in the next two years, O Estado de S. Paulo reported, citing Ceara Development Agency President Antonio Balhmann.
New wind parks will be built this year and next in both regions of northern Brazil, the newspaper said on its Web site, citing Balhmann. A wind-turbine factory and two plants to make towers for the turbines are also being constructed in northeastern Brazil, according to Estado.