Bahia should receive 14 wind farms and Ceará 2 solar energy projects, Aneel informs that the projects will start in 2022

The Brazilian energy regulatory agency Aneel  authorized the construction and operation of new wind and solar plants in the Northeast region of the country. Ventos de São Vitor Energias Renováveis ​​obtained approval for the installation of 14 wind generation units (Ventos de São Vitor 1 to 14) totaling 465MW of capacity in the municipalities of Xique-Xique and Itaguaçu, in Bahia.

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The electrical energy produced will be transported along a 43 km transmission line to the Gentio do Ouro II substation, owned by the company José Maria Macedo de Eletricidade (TJMME).

In Trairi, Ceará, Eólica Serra do Mato Energy received authorization to install and operate the photovoltaic solar plants Serra do Mato III (47,3 MW) and IV (54,1 MW). 

The plants will be connected to the Pecém II substation, operated by Chesf. 

The construction of the São Vitor and Serra do Mato plants is scheduled to start in April 2022, and the start of commercial operations is scheduled for December of the same year. 

According to the local association abeeolic , at the end of October Brazil had 17 GW of wind capacity in 12 states. It projects more than 26,9 GW by 2024, considering the auctions already held and contracts signed in the free market. 

The photovoltaic solar energy association absolate  reported in early October that Brazil had 6,7 GW in operation using the source, or 1,7% of the country's electrical matrix.