Ceará Is the Leading State in Wind Energy with Over 86 Wind Farms and 2,187.9 MW

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 05/09/2020 at 12:21

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Ceará Currently Has 86 Wind Farms and 2,187.9 MW of Wind Power

Wind power has reached the highest level with wind turbines since October last year and solar, the highest volume since the beginning of the historical series, which started in 2018. New records are expected to be achieved by the end of the year.

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With the onset of the strong winds season, Ceará recorded, on last Sunday (30), the highest level of wind generation this year, with 1,236.5 MWmed (average megawatts). It was the highest recorded since October 8, 2019, when the generation was 1,326.5 MW, the highest recorded by the National Electric System Operator (ONS) since January 2010, when the wind generation records began.

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On the other hand, Ceará’s solar plants connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN) generated, on August 24, 73.9 MW, the highest volume in the historical series that started in November 2018. Despite the results still in August, the expectation is that these two sources will achieve new records by the end of the year, whether due to increased wind intensity or higher solar incidence, especially in December.

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Wind Power Projects Depend on Demand

Unlike other energy matrices, wind and solar do not depend on demand to produce, so even with the drop in energy consumption due to economic slowdown, these matrices will continue to have maximum generation levels. Jurandir Picanço, energy consultant for the Federation of Industries of the State of Ceará (Fiec), states that wind and solar production helps preserve the levels of hydropower plants and the fuel of thermoelectric plants.

“Wind and solar production is done according to what is installed and the incidence of wind and sun. Regardless of demand. That’s why renewables help preserve other sources,” says Picanço. “In addition to being in the best season for winds, we have a larger number of wind farms in operation, so we should have new records by the end of the year.”

Finally, according to data from the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), Ceará currently has 86 wind farms in operation, with an installed capacity of 2,187.9 MW. For the coming years, an additional 176.4 MW is expected to be added for 7 projects under construction and 267.6 MW for 10 projects already contracted and with construction yet to start.

Ceará Is the Leading State in Wind Energy with Over 86 Wind Farms and 2,187.9 MW

Ceará Currently Has 86 Wind Farms and 2,187.9 MW of Wind Power

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Ceará Wind Power Plants

Wind Power Projects Depend on Demand

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