Wind Power: A success story in Brazil
Podcast with Elbia Gannoum (CEO, ABEEÓLICA) & Juan Carlos Cárdenas (Energy Economist Consultant, IDB)
This interview was created under the partnership between the FSR Lights on Women initiative & the Inter-American Development Bank: Learn more about the Lights on Women Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Edition.
Wind power industry has been a great success in Brazil, the installed capacity of wind power has increased from less than 1 GW in 2010 to more than 15 GW in 2019 in more than 600 wind farms, accounting for more than 9% of the Brazilian electricity mix, with an 80% nationalized production chain. Today, wind Energy is the second largest source of electric energy in Brazil.
In this podcast we talk with Elbia Gannoum, who as ABEEólica´s CEO has been active in strengthening the sustainable growth of wind energy in Brazil.
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Elbia Gannoum has been the CEO of ABEEÓLICA, the Brazilian Wind Energy Associatio, since September 2011. She was a Member of the Board of CCEE, the Electrical Energy Chamber of Commerce from June 2006 to April 2011. She was a Chief Economist to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (2003–2006, Coordinator of the Political Institute of the Ministry of Finance (2002–2003), Advisor of Economic Affairs to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (2001), Advisor to ANEEL (2001–2001), and Professor of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1998–2000).
Elbia holds a PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2003), a Masters in Economics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1999), and a degree in Economic Science from the Federal University of Uberlândia (1997).
Juan Carlos Cárdenas is an Energy Economist Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. He has more than 10 years of experience working in the energy sector and provides technical and operational support to the portfolio of energy projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. His work focuses on promoting the use of renewable energies, access to energy and energy policy reforms. Prior to coming to the IDB, he worked at the Work Bank´s Global Energy and Extractive Practice in Washington D.C., and the Energy Group of Bogotá. Juan Carlos holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University, and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the National University of Colombia.
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