Voltalia has completed commissioning of a 128MW wind farm in Brazil.
The VSM2 wind plant is fully operational along with the start of production of Voltalia’s first turbines at the 152MW VSM3 wind project.
VSM3 benefited from “strong synergies” with the construction phases of VSM1 and VSM2 wind farms, within the bigger wind-solar complex of Serra Branca.
The VSM3 wind farm has now seven turbines in operation (24MW) and will include a total of 44 turbines and is expected to reach full power in June 2021.
Both projects are located in Voltalia’s 2.4GW wind-and-solar complex of Serra Branca.
VSM2 was progressively commissioned in 2020 and the last turbines started producing electricity in April 2021.
The power produced by the wind plant is sold at fixed prices to various Brazilian utilities through 10-year to 20-year contracts.
“The full commissioning of VSM2 and the start of operations of VSM3’s first turbines are new successful steps in the development of our Serra Branca cluster.
The cluster has now 897MW in operation including 624MW owned by Voltalia and 273MW sold to third parties.
“The power generated today at Serra Branca is equivalent to the consumption of more than 4.9 million people, and this number will increase soon when projects in construction and ready-to-build will be completed” said Sebastien Clerc, CEO of Voltalia.
The new Collector Substation Mel 2, where the project will connect became operational in March 2021.