The Vestas factory is located in Aquiraz, Ceará and, with the supply of wind turbines, will be able to generate approximately 800 jobs in the region
Vestas, in partnership with Casa dos Ventos, concluded an agreement for the supply of 291 wind turbines that will total a total of 1,3 GB of wind energy generation power in Ceará. This partnership between the two companies is the largest ever undertaken by the Danish factory in the world for onshore turbines, that is, turbines that will be on land. The contract for the acquisition of turbines by the factory is also considered the largest in the acquisition of equipment for wind power generation ever registered in Latin America, according to the Portal In website.
With a presence in Brazil since 2008 and the inauguration of the factory in 2011, in Ceará, Vestas has a strong presence in the state, having a unit in the city of Aquiraz, which has a wind energy generation capacity that has been doubled three years after its inauguration, in 2019.
Now, in partnership with Casa dos Ventos, the factory will serve two power generation projects wind energy in the northeast, with investments of R$ 9 billion and with the possibility of generating many job vacancies.
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Vestas will expand its equipment supply to more factories in the northeastern states
In addition to Ceará, Vestas will also supply 123 wind turbines for the Babilônia Wind Complex, located in Bahia and which has an installed capacity of 554 MW. As for the Serra do Tigre Wind Complex, located in Rio Grande do Norte, Vestas will supply 186 wind turbines, with a power generation capacity of 756 MW.
The value agreed between the two companies for supply at the factories has not yet been disclosed, however, the Turbines for wind power generation cost on average 65% and 75% of the total value of energy projects.
According to the executive director of Casa dos Ventos, Lucas Araripe: “For this new energy generation agreement, there are 1,3 GW of machines. It is Vestas' largest contract for onshore projects, the largest in Latin America and one of the largest in the world (…). Adding the previous projects and this last order, we reached more than 3 GW in partnership with Vestas”.
Also, according to Eduardo Ricotta, president of Vestas in Latin America, the company will start mobilizing its factory in Ceará for the assembly of energy generation equipment, with delivery forecast for 2024 and the first quarter of 2025 In order to meet the demand at Casa dos Ventos, approximately 800 jobs will be created.