Enel Green Power awarded 90 MW of wind energy in Brazil

The contracts, awarded to Enel Green Power via an auction, regard three 30 MW wind turbines projects at Cristal, Primavera and Sao Judas (state of Bahia), characterized by strong winds and a capacity factor close to 50%, among the highest in the world. This means that the wind turbines could work for over 4,000 hours equivalent per year, approximately twice the average in Europe.

With these new wind farm plants, which are scheduled to come online in the second half of 2013, Enel Green Power will double its installed capacity in Brazil and significantly increase the Latin American wind power market.

“This result is very important to us, given the excellent qualities of our projects in terms of productivity, cost competitiveness and return on investment. We are further reinforcing our presence in Brazil – where we are already active in hydropower, expanding our activities also in wind-power generation. Brazil is a large market with abundant renewable resources, and a demand for energy that reflects a continually developing economy”, said Francesco Starace, Presidente di Enel Green Power.

"This result is very important to us, given the excellent qualities of our projects in terms of productivity, cost competitiveness and return on investment,” said Francesco Starace, President of Enel Green Power, “We are further reinforcing our presence in Brazil – where we are already active in hydropower, expanding our activities also in wind power generation. Brazil is a large market with abundant renewable resources, and a demand for energy that reflects a continually developing economy.”

The three wind farms are scheduled to begin operation in the second half of 2013. These new plants will allow Enel Green Power to double its installed capacity in Brazil and significantly increase its wind presence in Latin America.

Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company dedicated to renewable energy with a presence in Europe, North America and Latin America. It is one of the global leaders in its industry with a total installed capacity of over 5,700 MW and more than 600 plants in operation in 15 countries. The company and its subsidiaries produced 21 billion kWh of energy from water, sun, wind, geothermal and biomass in 2009.

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