Siemens Gamesa to supply wind turbines for 434 MW Onshore wind project in Brazil
Siemens Gamesa signed a contract with leading electricity supplier Engie to supply wind turbines, with one of the largest rotors on the market, for a 434 MW Santo Agostinho onshore wind farm in north-east Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil.
The contract is to supply 70 SG 5.8-170 turbines with OptimaFlex technology, enhanced to operate at 6.2 MW. This turbine boasts one of the highest power ratings in the onshore market, and among the largest rotors, in turn providing an extremely competitive Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE).
Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s Onshore business, said: "This deal underscores how attractive the Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform is becoming globally. The country is truly becoming a beacon for wind energy in Latin America".
This latest deal means the company has sold 1.21 GW of the Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform in Brazil, and now over 2.2 GW globally. This 2 GW milestone has been hit in record time, under two years since it was launched to the market in April 2019.
Siemens Gamesa will locally produce this new turbine at its plant in Camacari in the state of Bahia, in turn boosting the local economy and increasing the competitiveness of the 5.X platform.
Brazil is the seventh-largest market for wind energy in the world, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), with over 17 GW of installed capacity.
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