Voltalia secures PPAs for 70 MW Vila Alagoas wind project in Brazil

Voltalia has announced that it has won long-term contracts for a new 70 MW wind project in Brazil. Located in company’s Serra Branca cluster, the new Vila Alagoas project will benefit from a 63 MW contract signed with a large company under a corporate PPA and 7 MW won during the auctions.

Vila Alagoas will be located in Voltalia’s Serra Branca cluster, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), just south of the VSM1 (163 MW) and VSM2 (128 MW) projects currently under construction. The Vila Alagoas project will have a 70 MW capacity, relying on long-term power sales contracts: 7 MW power sales contract for a period of 20 years with power distribution companies, won at the June 28 national auctions organized by Brazilian regulator ANEEL; and 63 MW power sales contract for a period of 10 years with a large corporate client which will announce the contract in the coming days.

Both contracts will begin at the end of December 2022. Vila Alagoas wind farm is expected to start generating power during the first semester of 2022. During this anticipation period, Voltalia will sell the electricity on the free market through short-term contracts already secured, until the beginning of the long-term contract.