Rio Grande do Norte leads the ranking of the states with the highest installed capacity of wind farms in commercial operation in the country, with 4,358.38 MW. The data, referring to April, are from InfoMercado Dados Gerais, released by the Electric Energy Trading Chamber - CCEE.

Bahia, Ceará, Rio Grande do Sul and Piauí are also included in the list of the five states that most concentrate power generation capacity through the force of the winds, as shown in the table below, which highlights the predominance of the Northeast and South in this type font.

In total, wind farms generated 4,220 average MW in April, corresponding to a 17% increase over the same month last year. The numbers prove the source's growth trend, even with the 11.8% drop in the total energy generated in the National Interconnected System - SIN.

Energy consumption in that month fell 11.9% in the annual comparison, from 65,186 average MW to 57,442 average MW. The regulated market fell by 11.3%, to 40,473 average MW, while the free market saw demand fall 13.2%, to 16,970 average MW, a behavior explained by the migration of consumers and restrictive measures to combat Covid-19 .