Alstom Power has entered into a contract with Odebrecht Energia for the supply of wind turbines for four wind projects being developed in South Brazil. The four projects, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, will have a total of 108 MW of installed capacity, once completed.
Acciona Windpower has made an entrance in the Brazilian wind market by entering a supply agreement for 120 MW of wind turbines with CPFL Renováveis (subsidiary of Brazilian utility CPFL Group). Acciona is to supply the Brazilian developer with 40 AW116/3000 wind turbines.
Suzlon and Chinese wind company CGN Wind Energy have entered into an agreement to jointly develop 800 MW of wind capacity at various locations around the world. The projects will be both domestic and foreign, including countries like Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Notably, these are all growing wind energy markets, with plenty of undeveloped wind energy potential, both onshore and offshore.
MPX (Brazil) and E.ON have entered into an agreement to form an equally owned joint venture for energy development and supply and trade activities in Brazil and Chile. The new partnership will aim to develop 20 GW of new power generating capacity in the two South American countries. This figure represents about 20% of the total current capacity in Brazil. The new JV will be responsible for developing both thermal energy and renewable energy sources.
Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded a concession for the construction of a 99 MW wind project in the Antofagasta region, Chile. The concession has been awarded by the Ministry of Energy and National Assets, after a recent tender. The location of the new project is on public land in the Taltal district.
EDP Renováveis' subsidiary in Brazil, EDP Renováveis Brasil, has been awarded four 20-year power purchase agreements at the A-5 auction about a week ago. The PPAs are for a total of 120 MW of electrical power generated at four wind farms, which are to be developed in Rio Grande do Norte, a state in Brazil.
Alstom has opened its new wind turbine manufacturing facility in Brazil, in the industrial complex of Camaçari, Bahia. The output capacity of the new facility will be 300 MW annually. This facility is also Alstom's first of this kind in Latin America, representing an investment of about EUR 20 million.
Alstom is establishing the Global Hydro Technology Center in Brazil. The center will be located in Taubaté, where Alstom has its largest factory for hydro products in the world. The facility manufactures electromechanical equipment for all hydro projects in Brazil, but also exports to other countries.
Pattern Energy has signed a 20-year PPA for the El Arrayan wind project, to be built on the coast of Chile. The PPA was signed with Minera Los Pelambres, a local mining company. This agreement puts the project an important step closer to its completion, and commercial operation.
The Chilean Ministry of Energy has recently released the results of a tender for awarding 20 geothermal development concessions. Five of these concessions have been awarded to Ormat Technologies. The awarded concession areas are Aroma, Quinohuen, Marimar, San Jose II and Sollipulli.
