- With an installed capacity of 80 MW, Fontes dos Ventos is able to generate approximately 320 million kWh.
- A total investment of some 130 million euros was required to complete the wind farm.
Enel Green Power has completed and connected to the grid “Fontes dos Ventos”, its first wind farm in the state of Pernambuco in the north-east of Brazil. The wind farm is owned by Parque Eolico Fontes dos Ventos Ltda, a subsidiary of Enel Brasil Participações Ltda. It consists of 34 turbines, for a total installed capacity of 80 MW, able to generate about 320 million kWh a year.
Construction of the plant, which is in line with the growth targets set out in Enel Green Power’s 2014- 2018 business plan, required an overall investment of some 130 million euros, partly covered by financing from IFC (International Finance Corporation), a World Bank Group member, related to the construction of wind farms in the north-east of Brazil. Fontes dos Ventos will supply energy to both the free and regulated market under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) awarded to the company following the 2011 “Brazilian New Energy” public tender...
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