Vestas has begun construction activities at the Talinay Oriente wind farm, a 100 MW wind energy facility located in the Limari Province, northern Chile. The wind farm will feature Vestas' 2 MW units, and will be the largest wind energy project in the country, when completed. Vestas acquired the project from a local wind development company.
The National Authority of Public Service in Panama has given final approval for the exploration, development and exploitation of wind energy resources under the El Potrero project, located in the Pajonal and Penonomé Penonomé districts and Cocle province. The license was issued to InnoVent Central America, subsidiary of InnoVent (Germany, 100% owned by VWind AG).
Voith Hydro has been awarded the contract to supply four 404 MVA generators for the Teles Pires hydropower plant which is being developed in Brazil, on the border between the Mato Grosso and Para states. The power plant, rated at 1850 MW of power, will feature five Francis hydroturbines.
Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded three wind farm projects in Brazil, at the recently held public auction for new energy. The company is to develop the projects in the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Bahia. Total combined capacity of the three wind farms is 193 MW.
SN Power is going to acquire a major stake in the Brazilian renewable energy company Desenvix, which is a power generation arm of ENGEVIX, for an estimated USD 440 million. The company has a portfolio of 162 MW of renewable energy capacity in operation in Brazil, with another 176 MW under construction. Additionally, Desenvix also has a large project portfolio slated for development totalling about 1600 MW of capacity.
SkyFuel and Braxenergy (Brazil, energy developer) have signed a cooperation agreement to bring concetrating solar power technology to the Brazilian solar energy market. SkyFuel's low cost parabolic trough technology is to be introduced to the Brazilian energy market through Braxenergy's broad presence in Brazil, where the company has more than 3 GW of small hydro, biomass and biogas projects. SkyFuel is also aiming to leverage Braxenergy's deep knowledge of the local regulations and local supply chain companies.
GDF Suez and International Power (70% owned by GDF Suez) have announced a positive result from the energy auction held in Brazil on August 17, whereby as a result the Jirau hydropower project, being built in this South American country on Madeira river, will be expanded with another 450 MW of installed capacity by adding six more power generating units. This means, the 3300 MW planned initially, will grow to 3750 MW of installed capacity at the power plant. The majority of this capacity has already been reserved through power purchase agreements.
Vestas announced the official establishment of its new assembly facility and operations cluster in Brazil, in Fortaleza in the State of Ceara.
EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has executed project financing for the 70 MW Tramandaí wind farm in Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul. The wind farm, the company's first in Brazil, was commissioned in May 2011. The project's debt facility amounts to about EUR 102 million, with the final transaction expected to happen in Q3 2011.
Siemens has been awarded the supply contract for a total of 145 MW of wind turbines. The company is to deliver 63 SWT-2.3-101 units which are to be installed at five wind farms in Brazil. The customer, Tractabel Energia, is building the four projects in the state of Ceará and one in Piauí (northwest of the country).
