Statkraft inaugurates the company’s largest wind farm outside Europe, the 519 MW Ventos de Santa Eugênia Wind Complex in Bahia, Brazil. It is among the first hybrid projects in Brazil once the planned solar farm of 163 MW is added to optimise energy production.
The Ventos de Santa Eugênia wind complex adds 519 MW to Statkraft’s capacity in Brazil. The company expects to have more than 2.200 MW of generation capacity in hydropower, solar, wind and battery technologies in the country.
Located in Uibaí and Ibipeba, in the Bahia region, the wind complex spans a comprehensive area of 489 hectares. The complex consists of 14 wind farms with 91 wind turbines, each with a generation capacity of 5.7 MW. Renewable energy production should reach 2,300 GWh per year, enough to supply 1.17 million Brazilian households. At peak, the project development employed almost 2,000 workers.
Using battery technology, the energy complex will have a combined capacity of 682 MW.
Courtesy of Statkraft.