EDF Renewables signs agreement with Braskem to supply wind energy

EDF Renewables in Brazil has announced that it has entered into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Braskem, one of the world’s leading producers of thermoplastic resin.

The energy will be generated by a new 33 MW wind project of EDF Renewables. The construction of the facility is to be started in 2019.

With this agreement, Braskem becomes the first company in Brazil to swell the ranks of large corporations around the world -like Google, Microsoft, Kimberly-Clark, Salesforce, Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Yahoo- that have placed their trust in EDF Renewables to provide them renewable energy and thus, to support them with their energy transition.

The 33 MW in capacity is added to the 972 MW in operation or under development in Brazil, a country in which EDF Renewables is now one of the major players. These new capacities brings EDF one step further to meeting its CAP 2030 goal of doubling its worldwide renewable energy capacity to over 50 GW between 2015 and 2030.

Located 350 km north-west of Salvador in the State of Bahia, the 33 MW project is an extension of the Folha Larga 1 wind farm (initial capacity of 114 MW) which was awarded in the April 2018 federal energy auction.

The increase in the project’s total capacity to 147 MW will generate economies of scale in the project’s construction and operation.

Braskem will purchase the electricity generated by the Folha Larga 1 extension under a 20-year PPA once commissioned in 2021.