BRAZIL BEGINS BIG WIND BUILD

Alstom wins first contract in the Brazilian wind market
Pangea, July 9, 2010 (World of Renewables)

"Alstom has signed a contract worth €100 million with the Brazilian renewable power generating company, Desenvix, subsidiary of the Engevix engineering group, to build a 90 MW wind farm complex in Bahia, Brazil. With the working name of “Brotas”, the complex will consist of three wind farms - Macaubas, Novo Horizonte and Seabra…

"The Brotas complex highlights [Brazil’s] commitment to develop the domestic wind power market…Under the terms and conditions of this contract, Alstom will provide 57 ECO 86 wind turbines of 1.67 MW each…[T]he main components will be manufactured in Spain and Brazil and assembled on the three wind farms with commissioning planned for July 2011."

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"This contract follows a memorandum of intent signed in December 2009 by Alstom and the Government of the State of Bahia to install a first wind turbine assembly factory in the country, located in Camaçari, to be fully operational by mid 2011…

"Alstom and Engevix are long term partners and have been working together for more than 30 years. Both companies have participated in important hydroelectric projects in the country…Brazil’s power generation is based mainly on hydroelectric power plants…[They are] 77% of the country’s installed generation capacity and… 90% of the power produced. There is also great potential in Brazil for the production of electricity from other renewable energy sources…"