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GE Installs 500th Wind Turbine in Brazil

1.6-Megawatt Wind Turbine at DESA’s Eurus wind power project in Rio Grande do Norte marks 500th GE Wind Turbine Installation in Brazil. GE Recognized as Number One Installer of Wind Turbines in Brazil in 2012 with 435 Megawatts Represents Rapid Growth of Wind Energy in the Country GE (NYSE: GE) today announced its 500th wind … Continue reading GE Installs 500th Wind Turbine in Brazil

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Acciona Windpower will manufacture wind turbines in Brazil

Towards the end of 2014 the company will put a 3-MW wind turbine assembly plant into service in the state of Bahia. With this initiative, and others taken previously, ACCIONA will meet the local content rules established by Brazil to finance the acquisition of wind turbines by wind energy developers. The new plant strengthens ACCIONA’s … Continue reading Acciona Windpower will manufacture wind turbines in Brazil

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Alstom inaugurates its first wind tower factory in Latin America

Installed in Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul State, South part of Brazil, the site will have the capacity to produce 120 steel towers per year, enough to supply approximately 350 MW of electricity. This factory will supply the southern region of Latin America, a market currently experiencing strong growth. The ceremony was attended by … Continue reading Alstom inaugurates its first wind tower factory in Latin America

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Brazil reduced the amount of wind farm projects competing to sell electricity in an auction this month

Brazil reduced the amount of wind energy projects competing to sell electricity in an auction this month after tightening eligibility requirements to avoid delays.     Wind power projects with 9,000 megawatts of combined capacity will participate in the auction, about 24 percent less than in last year’s bid, national energy agency Empresa de Pesquisa … Continue reading Brazil reduced the amount of wind farm projects competing to sell electricity in an auction this month

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Alstom inaugurates its first wind tower factory in Latin America

Installed in Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul State, South part of Brazil, the site will have the capacity to produce 120 steel towers per year, enough to supply approximately 350 MW of electricity. This factory will supply the southern region of Latin America, a market currently experiencing strong growth. The ceremony was attended by … Continue reading Alstom inaugurates its first wind tower factory in Latin America

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Brazil lowers wind energy prices by 20 percent in august auction

The Brazilian government lowered the maximum price developers may sell energy by 20 percent in next month’s auction for new wind farms. Developers that win contracts in the so-called reserve energy auction won’t be allowed to charge more than 117 reais ($52.70) a megawatt-hour, Brasilia-based electricity regulator Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica, known as Aneel, … Continue reading Brazil lowers wind energy prices by 20 percent in august auction

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Voltalia to build 90 MW wind farms in Brazil

Voltalia said it will begin construction August 1 on three wind farms in Brazil for a total installed capacity of 90 MW. Civil engineering works will be carried out by Brazilian Cortez Engenharia, while WEG Equipamentos Eletricos will be in charge of electrical infrastructure. Wind turbines and towers will be provided by Acciona Windpower. The … Continue reading Voltalia to build 90 MW wind farms in Brazil

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Wind energy in Brazil, the country of the future

At the end of 2012, Brazil had 2.5 GW of installed wind capacity, enough to power four million households, accounting for 2% of national electricity consumption. In 2012 alone, 40 new wind farms came online, adding more than 1 GW of new capacity to the Brazilian electricity grid and creating 15,000 new jobs. This represents … Continue reading Wind energy in Brazil, the country of the future

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Eletrobras to assess the feasibility of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in Southern Brazil

“We have been researching and developing solar technology for a decade and now we want to analyze the technical feasibility of concentrating solar power (CSP) generation,” said engineering director Eletrosul, Ronaldo dos Santos Custódio. Electrosul launched a tender for the construction of four stations in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso … Continue reading Eletrobras to assess the feasibility of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in Southern Brazil

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Enel Green Power begins three wind farms in Brazil

Enel Green Power (EGP) has begun construction on three new wind farms, namely “Curva dos Ventos”, “Fontes dos Ventos” and “Modelo”, in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte, in northeast Brazil. The Curva dos Ventos wind farm is located in the inner part of Bahia, where EGP is completing construction of … Continue reading Enel Green Power begins three wind farms in Brazil

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Voltalia and Acciona Windpower sign contracts to supply wind turbines with a total capacity of 210 MW in Brazil

The order is for seventy AW 3000turbines of 3 MW capacity each and rotor diameters of 116 and 125 meters. Subsidiaries of VOLTALIA, a company that produces electricity from renewable energy sources, and ACCIONA Windpower, a company that designs and manufactures wind turbines, have signed a contract for the supply of turbines with a capacity … Continue reading Voltalia and Acciona Windpower sign contracts to supply wind turbines with a total capacity of 210 MW in Brazil

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