Enel Green Power announced the company has been awarded development contracts for three wind farms in Bahia, Brazil, totalling in 90 MW of capacity. The projects are part of a plan to promote wind power as a clean source of electricity in Brazil.

The contract was awarded based on three projects with formidable wind conditions, and a capacity factor of about 50%, which means the installed wind turbines could generate power for 4000 hours equivalent annually, or twice the capacity factor of European wind farms.

Brazil has authorized a total of 7 GW of wind capacity for development, but only 528 MW were awarded this time.

The three wind power projects are Cristal, Primavera and Sao Judas, each with 30 MW of capacity. They are all located in the state of Bahia. All power generated at these wind farms will be sold through Brazil's Chamber of Electrical Energy Commercialization. All three wind farms are to be commissioned in late 2013.

[source: Enel Green Power]