Voltalia has started the construction of its 59 megawatts VSM 4 wind farm in Brazil.
The VSM 4 project is in Voltalia’s Serra Branca cluster, the world’s biggest wind-and-solar cluster. The site covers approximately 40,000 hectares, within a 50-by-15 kilometers area. The Serra Branca cluster accommodates a 2.4-gigawatt grid connection infrastructure.
Nordex Group has been chosen for the supply of the 17 wind turbines to be installed at the VSM 4 site, each with a power rating of 3.46 megawatts. The selected AW132/3465 model is assembled locally in Brazil.
Voltalia won VSM 4’s long-term power sale agreements in June 2019 where 7 MW will be sold to local power distribution companies under 20-year contracts starting 2023 and 52 MW to a private off-taker under a 10-year contract starting 2022.
The wind farm is expected to start generating power during the first semester of 2021.
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