Vestas entered into a new partnership to deliver 94 wind turbines for Pan American Energy's wind farm in Bahia.
Pan American Energias Renováveis signed a contract with Vestas to supply and install 94 wind power turbines V150-4,5 MW for the Novo Horizonte wind farm, located in the state of Bahia. According to the president of Vestas in Latin America, Eduardo Ricotta, Vestas is pleased to further expand its partnership with Pan American Energy and support its expansion in Latin America with this wind energy project that begins its operation to produce clean energy in the country.
Delivery of wind turbines is scheduled for 2024
According to Pan American Energy's Vice President of International Development, Enrique Lusso, the agreement demonstrates Pan American Energy's commitment to the country and its communities. The company will continue to invest and strive to become a strategic player in the energy sector in Brazil, as well as in other Latin American countries.
After completion of the turbines for the wind farm in Bahia, Vestas will also deliver a 5000-year Active Output Management 20 service contract. This agreement aims to optimize energy production and, at the same time, generate long-term commercial security.
The Novo Horizonte wind farm, which is located in Bahia, has an installed capacity of 30,06 MW. The project is part of the Statkraft Bahia wind energy complex and has the Macaúbas and Seabra wind farms, which total around 95,19 MW.
Other Vestas contracts in the national market
In addition to the recent contract with Pan American, Vestas signed an agreement earlier this year with 2W Energia for the supply of 25 wind turbines and also a 15-year service contract for the Kairos project of 113 MW, located in the municipality of Icapuí, in Ceará.
The purpose of installing wind turbines is to optimize energy production over the lifetime of the project. After closing this deal, the company surpassed its own milestone of 6 GW of incoming orders in Brazil for model V150 wind turbines, with power modes of 4,2 MW and 4,5 MW.
According to Ricotta, the company is very happy to have 2W Energia as its client and that the reliability and competitiveness of Vestas' 4 MW platform, combined with the long-term service contract, makes 2W one of the largest energy sales platforms.
About a company
Vestas is a Danish company dedicated to the manufacture, development, maintenance and sale of wind turbines, which was founded in 1945 and initially operated in the field of applications for domestic use, having progressed to the manufacture of agricultural equipment 5 years later, intercoolers in 1956 and cranes in 1968.
Finally, only in 1979 did the company start producing wind turbines. Currently, Vestas is the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing company, listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and making equipment available on six continents. In addition, the company has a portfolio of wind turbines with powers of 850 kW and 7 MW of different SCADA systems for remote control. Its generators work with an asynchronous generator, where the rotor speed is lower than the generator speed, requiring the use of a gearbox.
