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Wind energy project with wind turbines involves adding 82,8 MW of installed capacity at the Lagoa do Barro wind farm
Last week, the company CGN Brasil Energia signed the main contracts for the expansion of the Lagoa do Barro wind farm (PI – 195 MW), as a result of Subfolder Energia A-6/2019. The project implies an increase of 82,8 MW of installed wind capacity, with an investment of BRL 444 million for Piauí.
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More than 60 wind turbines in the new wind farm
In operation since the end of 2018, the asset currently has 65 wind turbines distributed in wind farms in an area of 2.854 hectares.
The company informed that the beginning of the expansion will begin later this year, with commercial operation scheduled for 2021, providing an estimated annual electricity generation capacity of 366 MWh.
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Headquartered in Curitiba, CGN is a multinational in the generation segment, a subsidiary of CGN Energy International Holding, as a result of its entry into the Brazilian market in the past, through the acquisition of Atlantic Energy and wind and solar projects by Enel.
About investing in wind energy
If there is one thing in Piauí to be proud of and take advantage of for the construction of wealth, job generation and income improvement conditions, it is the production of wind and solar energy. This is what the governor of Piauí, Wellington Dias, says, noting that Piauí has 14 wind and solar energy production parks with investments of R$ 18 billion, reaching a production of 2 gigawatts (GW).
He stated that Piauí is 8 degrees from the Equator and that makes the sun strong enough for energy generation, with an amount of lighting and rays that allows for the generation of solar energy and a number of hours suitable for generating solar energy per day, above the average in Brazil and the world.
