The Neoenergia Oitis complex has a wind energy capacity of 566,5 MW, as part of the company's investment in renewable sources
The Oitis Neoenergia Wind Farm, under construction by the company Neoenergia and located between the states of Piauí and Bahia, has entered a test period for its first seven wind turbines. The delivery of this phase is one month ahead of the company's business plan. Furthermore, this will be the largest undertaking in the energy company's wind farm in Brazil, considering the installed capacity of 566,5 MW, enough to supply a city with 2,7 million inhabitants.
According to Neoenergia's director of renewable sources, Laura Porto, the construction of the wind complex is in harmony with the company's positioning strategy in view of the liberation of the country's energy market. Porto also stated that the company defends that renewable energy sources are the way to decarbonize the economy. Full operation is expected to start in the second half of this year.
The wind energy complex has 103 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 5,5 MW, and will consist of 12 wind farms. The energy produced in the Neoenergia Oitis wind farms will have two different purposes: 96% of it will be allocated in the Free Contracting Environment (ACL), while 4% will be sold in the regulated energy market.
It is important to highlight that, currently, Neoenergia is the second largest energy distribution company in Brazil, being committed to the demand for efficient and sustainable energy supply in an integrated manner.
Neoenergia has invested in wind power since the early 2000s
Since the beginning of the 2000s, Neoenergia has been betting on wind energy, even when it was still understood as an alternative source. Today, the realization of projects with renewable sources has become effective from the construction of wind and solar energy parks, in order to expand the generation of clean energy.
Given this scenario, assets in operation and under construction already add up to 1,7 GW of installed capacity, including wind and solar photovoltaic parks. Furthermore, if added to the hydroelectric plants in operation, the company will reach, by the end of this year, more than 4,7 GW of power in renewable sources.
In the first quarter of 2022, Neoenergia invested more than BRL 808 million in the renewable sources sector. In addition to Neoenergia Oitis, focused on wind energy, the company concluded Neoenergia Chafariz and advanced, this year, in the construction of Neoenergia Luzia, a solar complex located in the municipality of Santa Luzia, in Paraíba. Together, the three undertakings will make the company reach more than 90% of its installed capacity in clean energy.
About Neoenergia
Neoenergia's activities in Brazil began in 1997, with investments in electricity distribution in Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte. Since then, the company has expanded its operations, with the aim of becoming a long-term investor in the country.
Currently, Neoenergia is one of the largest companies operating in the Brazilian energy sector, with integrated and diversified operations and presenting assets for generation, distribution, commercialization and transmission of energy in 18 states of Brazil and in the Federal District.
For the company, the investment in renewable sources of energy is one of the pillars of its operations, since it is based on sustainable development as the main way of efficiently and responsibly managing its businesses.
