Enel bags 114 MW wind projects in Brazil's A-5 renewable energy tender

Enel Green Power has been awarded 114 MW of wind energy capacity to be developed in north-eastern Brazil. The new project will require a roughly $250 million investment

Under the A-5 Brazilian public auction, Enel Green Power will sign 20-year power supply contracts with a pool of Brazilian electricity distribution companies with power produced by this new project.

The wind farm, named “Morro do Chapéu”, will be built in Bahia State, where the company already has about 400 MW of wind projects in operation or under construction and over 254 MW of photovoltaic projects awarded within the last “Leilão de Reserva” public tender.

The wind farm will have an expected 50% average load factor, leading to generate approximately 4,500 hours of energy production per year, totalling over 500 GWh. This clean generation will avoid over 150,000 tons of CO2 emissions.

"We are very pleased with this brilliant result that follows after less than a month the award of other 344 MW of wind and photovoltaic capacity obtained in the previous Brazilian public tender - stated Francesco Venturini, CEO of Enel Green Power. "Specifically, this new project will add further 114 MW to 490 MW of wind capacity that Enel Green Power has already won in Brazil in previous public tenders since 2010, another step forward in our growth strategy in Latin America."

Brazil is among the world leaders in renewable energy generation thanks to its more than 98 GW of installed renewable capacity, wchich account for roughly 85% of the country’s total installed capacity.