“Brazil exceeds the threshold of 10 GW installed wind capacity. This 10 GW turning point was reached thanks to the commissioning of Voltalia’s Vila Pará II wind facility in the city of Serra do Mel (RN)” congratulated the national association of wind power in Brazil in the press release they issued yesterday.
Voltalia (Euronext Paris, code ISIN: FR0011995588), an international renewable energy company, announces the commissioning of almost half the wind turbines of the Vila Pará wind farm in Brazil, with a total 99 MW capacity. This step allows the country to cross the historic threshold of 10 GW installed wind capacity. The electricity generated will be sold on the free market at attractive prices before the beginning of the long-term sales contracts.
With 15 turbines (45 MW) already in production, the construction of the Vila Pará wind farm progresses ahead of the initial schedule which planned the full commissioning in Q4 2016. The progressive commissioning of the remaining 18 turbines is expected to happen over the coming weeks.
This advance was achieved thanks to the excellent project management at the Serra Branca cluster, an area gathering contiguous projects with a total potential of 1.2 GW developed by Voltalia. The Vila Pará wind facility (99 MW) benefits from the infrastructure built by Voltalia for its cluster as soon as 2014 for the first Areia Branca wind farm, including a 52-kilometer high voltage transmission line with a 400 MVA capacity, owned by Voltalia.
