Brazilian wind farm begins operations

Thewind power plant’s first Alstom ECO 86 wind turbined began operating on July 6 after receiving approval from power regulator Aneel.

The facility consists of three, 30 MW wind farms – Macaubas, Novo Horizonte and Seabra. Desenvix has already contracted 35.7 MW, of which 34 MW were sold at a 2009 wind energy auction.

Wind power in Brazil

1997: 3 MW
1998: 17 MW
1999: 19 MW
2000: 22 MW
2001: 24 MW
2002: 22 MW
2003: 24 MW
2004: 24 MW
2005: 29 MW
2006: 237 MW
2007: 247 MW
2008: 339 MW
2009: 606 MW
2010: 931 MW
2011: 1,509 MW
2020: 20,000 MW (p)

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