The city of Campinas (in the São Paulo region of Brazil) has been selected as the home to the BYD’s newest factory creating ~450 new local jobs. Executives from Campinas City Hall and BYD Company Ltd. this week announced the opening of the company’s first South American manufacturing facility. The factory is slated to open … Continue reading BYD Company Announces First Factory in Brazil
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Impsa to sell wind power plants in Brazil
Brazilian renewable-energy developer Casa dos Ventos Energias Renovaveis Ltda. is among the companies in advanced talks. Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona SA, the Argentine wind-turbine maker known as Impsa, is in advanced talks with two companies to sell a big part of its wind energy parks in Brazil. A Brazilian company and an international buyer are negotiating … Continue reading Impsa to sell wind power plants in Brazil
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Alstom wind power to supply 36 units of ECO 122 wind turbines for Trairí II wind farm in Brazil
Alstom signed a contract worth around 120 million euros[1] with Tractebel Energia Brasil, the largest private power generator in Brazil, to supply 36 units of ECO 122 wind turbines to Trairí II project, a wind farm located in Ceará State, Northeast of Brazil. The commissioning of Trairí project is scheduled for mid-2016 and will generate … Continue reading Alstom wind power to supply 36 units of ECO 122 wind turbines for Trairí II wind farm in Brazil
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Brazil’s BNDES approves wind energy loans
The biggest loan announced is for the 120-megawatt wind energy project Atlantica I, II, III and IV in Rio Grande do Sul, owned by CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA, which received 383.7 reais in financing. BNDES is also investing 173.3 million reais in three wind farms with a total capacity of 76 megawatts in Ceara, owned … Continue reading Brazil’s BNDES approves wind energy loans
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Brazilian Casa dos Ventos turn to GE for wind turbines
Casa dos Ventos will make a decision within two weeks whether to buy an additional 150MW of wind turbines, worth 525-million reais, from GE for a wind farm it may buy from Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona (Impsa) said two people. General Electric (GE) plans to announce deals in coming weeks to sell wind turbines worth as … Continue reading Brazilian Casa dos Ventos turn to GE for wind turbines
Continue readingLatin America Driving Wind Power Development
Brazil and Mexico have a leading role in wind power in Latin America, with Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Chile also seeing a significant capacity growth. Enel Green Power is playing its part in its development. Latin America is making an important contribution to the global development of wind power. While last year was a period … Continue reading Latin America Driving Wind Power Development
Continue readingBrazil emerging as wind energy leader
Brazil is positioned well to establish itself as a major player in the wind energy sector, the chairman of French energy company GDF Suez said Friday. “Brazil is particularly suitable for wind energy investments, taking into account the attractiveness of both the natural environment and the commercial background,” Chairman Gerard Mestrallet said in a statement. … Continue reading Brazil emerging as wind energy leader
Continue readingCPFL Renovaveis gets four Brazil wind energy plants
The four wind farms have 78.2 megawatts of capacity and comprise the Macacos Complex in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte. CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA (CPRE3), Brazil’s biggest renewable-energy producer, received permission to operate four wind farms from the country’s power regulator. The Pedra Preta, Costa Branca, Juremas and Macacos wind farms were … Continue reading CPFL Renovaveis gets four Brazil wind energy plants
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Acciona Windpower Wins 153-Megawatt Order for Brazil Wind Turbines
Its 3 MW wind turbines will be used in the Santa Vitória do Palmar wind power complex owned by the company Atlantic Energias Renováveis. ACCIONA Windpower (AWP), a subsidiary of the ACCIONA group that designs, manufactures and commercializes wind turbines, has signed a turbine supply contract in Brazil with the renewable energy generation holding company … Continue reading Acciona Windpower Wins 153-Megawatt Order for Brazil Wind Turbines
Continue readingAcciona Windpower has clinched a wind energy deal to supply wind turbines at the 153 MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind farm
Spanish manufacturer Acciona Windpower has clinched a deal to supply hardware at the 153MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind complex in Brazil. The wind power agreement with Atlantic Energias Renováveis covers supply and assembly of 51 AW125/3000 wind turbines at the wind farm in the state of Río Grande do Sul. The wind turbines … Continue reading Acciona Windpower has clinched a wind energy deal to supply wind turbines at the 153 MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind farm
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Acciona Windpower is to supply Brazilian wind farm developer Río Energy 90MW of wind turbines for the Itarema wind energy complex
The contract covers 30 3MW wind turbines made up of 21 AW116/3000 and nine AW125/3000 machines. Delivery is slated in 2015 and the wind turbines will be mounted on 100 and 120-metre concrete towers at the wind farm in Ceara state. The towers will be assembled on site using a method created by Acciona Windpower … Continue reading Acciona Windpower is to supply Brazilian wind farm developer Río Energy 90MW of wind turbines for the Itarema wind energy complex
Continue readingIberdrola, Neoenergia to build wind power plants in Brazil
Iberdrola and Neoenergia won the rights to these wind farm projects in an auction organized by Brazil’s utility regulator, Aneel. Iberdrola and Brazil’s Neoenergia will partner to build three wind farms in Brazil with a total installed capacity of 84 MW. The companies’ joint venture, known as Força Eolica do Brasil, will build the three … Continue reading Iberdrola, Neoenergia to build wind power plants in Brazil
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Alstom will supply 19 ECO 122 wind turbines for CPFL Renováveis wind farm in Brazil
Alstom has signed a contract with CPFL Renováveis1 , to deliver, erect and commission 19 ECO 122 wind turbines in the wind complex Pedra Cheirosa, located in Ceará State, in the northeast of Brazil. The contract was signed in the framework of the last A-5 auction2 system in Brazil, which is related to projects that … Continue reading Alstom will supply 19 ECO 122 wind turbines for CPFL Renováveis wind farm in Brazil
Continue readingWind energy developers win biggest share of Brazil auction
Wind power developers including Casa dos Ventos Energias Renovaveis Ltda were the biggest winners in a Brazil power auction today after the government agreed to raise the starting bid. Developers won contracts to sell 968 megawatts of capacity from 22 wind and large hydroelectric projects, with 551 megawatts coming from wind farms, Sao Paulo-based electricity … Continue reading Wind energy developers win biggest share of Brazil auction
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Vestas’ new strategy for Brazil emphasises investments to meet local wind energy content requirements.
Vestas will refocus efforts on the Brazilian market by implementing a new roadmap for profitable growth in the country. Vestas will invest up to R$ 100m (EUR 32m) in meeting local content requirements, prioritising initiatives that enable us to compete more effectively in the local wind industry. With the purpose of respecting local content requirements … Continue reading Vestas’ new strategy for Brazil emphasises investments to meet local wind energy content requirements.
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Acciona Windpower creates 400 jobs in a concrete tower production plan for wind turbines in Brazil
Río Grande do Norte State Governor Rosalba Ciarlini visited the facility, which will supply more than one hundred 120-meter-high towers for wind power farms developed by Voltalia. ACCIONA Windpower has created 400 jobs in its concrete tower production plant for wind turbines located in Areia Branca (Brasil), as confirmed in the visit to the … Continue reading Acciona Windpower creates 400 jobs in a concrete tower production plan for wind turbines in Brazil
Continue readingLoan will support the construction of over 300 MW from wind power in Brazil
Enel Green Power SpA (“Enel Green Power”), acting through its Brazilian subsidiary Enel Brasil Participações Ltda. (“Enel Brazil”), the controlling holding company of Brazilian subsidiaries of the Enel Green Power Group, and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a $200 million loan agreement. The loan will support the construction of over 300 … Continue reading Loan will support the construction of over 300 MW from wind power in Brazil
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Omega Selects GE’s New 2.2-107 Brilliant Wind Turbines for 70-Megawatt Wind Farm in Brazil
GE (NYSE: GE) today introduced the latest in its line of brilliant wind turbines with the 2.2-107 and announced an order of 32 turbines from Omega Energia in the Piaui region of Brazil. This is the first order for GE’s 2.2-107 wind turbine, which was selected by Omega Energia in the A-5 Brazil energy auction … Continue reading Omega Selects GE’s New 2.2-107 Brilliant Wind Turbines for 70-Megawatt Wind Farm in Brazil
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Gamesa continues to cement its presence in Brazil, winning a new 144 MW wind energy contract
The agreement contemplates the installation of 72 G97-2.0 MW wind turbines at the Chui complex being developed by Eolicas do Sul. Since the beginning of its operations in Brazil, the company has signed firm orders for more than 1.400 MW. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to consolidate its presence in Brazil, … Continue reading Gamesa continues to cement its presence in Brazil, winning a new 144 MW wind energy contract
Continue readingEnel Green Power completes Cristal wind farm in Brazil
Cristal is the third and final plant to be completed at the wind power complex with the same name, with a total installed capacity of 90 MW. The new plant has an installed capacity of 30 MW and is capable of generating more than 145 million kWh per year. Enel Green Power has completed construction … Continue reading Enel Green Power completes Cristal wind farm in Brazil
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