Gamesa will supply wind turbines with a wind power combined installed capacity of 258 MW to nine wind farms Iberdrola Renovables will develop in Brazil. A total of 129 of Gamesa G8X-2MW wind turbine systems.
The Enel Group company dedicated to renewables is awarded three high-output wind energy projects to be carried out in Bahia.
Through its subsidiary, Wind Power Energy (WPE), IMPSA agreed to sell wind turbines of 450 MW to be installed in the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia.
Iberdrola Renovables, with more than 11,400 MW of installed wind power capacity at the end the first half of 2010, already owns a Brazilian wind farm, Río do Fogo, with installed capacity of 49 MW.
Iberdrola has been awarded a contract of 109.5 megawatts of wind power to be generated in nine wind farms in the Northeast. They do not say who will be the supplier of wind turbines.
Iberdrola Renovables, with more than 11,400 MW of installed capacity at the end the first half of 2010, already owns a Brazilian wind farm, Río do Fogo, with installed capacity of 49 MW.
Suzlon Energy, a manufacturer of wind turbines, is establishing its first wind energy plant in Brazil, in an effort to give more importance on emerging economies.
With the working name of “Brotas”, the wind energy complex will consist of three wind farms - Macaubas, Novo Horizonte and Seabra - and represents Alstom’s first contract in the Brazilian wind energy market.
The 28.8 MW Praia do Morgado wind farm extends over 366 hectares in the municipality of Acaraú and has 19 IMPSA-V 1.5 MW wind turbines, with rotors 77 m in diameter, all made by IMPSA.
Bids for renewables development projects will be submitted as from the summer, it was announced. Specifically 10,000 MW of wind power, 3,000 MW of biomass and 1,000 MW of small hydraulic power.
National Plan for Scientific Research,
Development and Technological Innovation, 2008-2011
Strategic Action Plan for Energy and Climate Change
File no. ECC- 590000-2008-141
