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Norwegian company Statkraft acquired 2 projects in the state of Bahia in an energy auction recently promoted by the government and expects to start work next year
Movement in the market begins to put into practice the 91 projects and 21,2 thousand jobs arising from the A-6 Energy Auction of the federal government and in the state of Bahia, the planning of undertakings by the Norwegian company Statkraft has already begun.
The company was one of the winners of two wind projects, Ventos de Santa Eugênia (420 MW) and Serra de Mangabeira (75,6 MW) and intends to start work between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.
According to the Director of New Business Development at Statkraft in Brazil, Talvani Nolasco Filho, “The total investment, considering what we have in the market today, something around R$ 4 million per MW, will be R$ 2 billion”.
The works in Bahia should last about two years and finish between 2022 and early 2023.
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The Statkraft executive also spoke about the optimistic prospects for business in Brazil and the goal of tripling the company's installed capacity in the country by 2025.
“Today, we have 450 MW installed, including wind projects, PCHs and larger hydroelectric plants. The idea is to triple our installed capacity by 2025. This is our forecast”, he said.
About the projects
The director of the Norwegian company also spoke about the investments in the two wind farms in Bahia, “Although we made 375 MW viable, these two projects revolve around 500 MW of power. The first of these is a 420 MW complex and a second project of approximately 80 MW. From a technical point of view, the smaller project, Serra de Mangabeira, is practically an expansion of another project that we already operate in Bahia. Ventos de Santa Eugênia is a new project that we have just acquired. This development is part of a much larger complex,” he explained.
Statkraft already has 450 MW installed in Brazil, including wind projects, PCHs and larger hydroelectric plants and wants to continue working to expand the projects it deems profitable.
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