Turbines manufactured by WEG will be installed at the Coxilha Negra Wind Farm (RS), totaling 302,4 megawatts, with delivery scheduled for 2023.
Billion dollar partnership between WEG, one of the largest manufacturers of turbines and electric motors in the world, and Eletrosul, a subsidiary of Eletrobras. The companies closed a deal for the supply of wind turbines and services in a deal that exceeds R$ 2 billion!
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According to a statement from WEG last Friday (18/02), the contract between the companies provides for the supply of 72 wind turbines of 4,2 megawatts (MW), including logistics, assembly and commissioning, in addition to operating services and maintenance throughout the life of the project.
According to WEG, the wind turbines will be installed at the Coxilha Negra Wind Farm, in Sant'Ana do Livramento (RS), totaling 302,4 megawatts of installed capacity, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2023, extending until 2024.
According to a material fact published by Eletrobras, the deal was carried out after approval by the Board of Directors of Companhia de Geração e Transmissão de Energia Elétrica do Sul do Brasil (CGT Eletrosul), controlled by Eletrobras.
The largest FPSO platform in Brazil, manufactured by Modec for Equinor, destined for the Santos Basin pre-salt, will have 140 electric motors
Around 40 medium voltage electric motors, with powers reaching up to 13.400 kW, in addition to 100 low voltage electric motors and five medium voltage frequency inverters (three of these with a nominal power of 11.723 kW), will be supplied by the multinational WEG for equip the largest oil and gas platform in Brazil.
WEG is already manufacturing the equipment at its factory, located in Jaraguá do Sul (SC). The electric motors and inverters will be supplied by compressor and pump manufacturers in Europe and Asia, and will act in activating this equipment in the Bacalhau field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt.
The largest transformer produced by WEG left the SC factory in April, heading to the African continent
The Brazilian giant WEG built, in its factory in Blumenau, in SC, its greatest transformer. The equipment, weighing 348 tons each, will be incorporated into the electrical energy transmission system in the south of the African continent, providing reliability in the energy supply and directly contributing to the development of the local economy.
The first unit was shipped at the beginning of April this year and the second in May, in advance of the agreed contractual deadlines, whose complex transport logistics to the final destination is estimated in 60 days.
