Vestas has secured a turbine order with Brazilian energy company Echoenergia totalling 97MW for the Serra do Mel wind farm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The deal covers 23 V150-4.2MW machines and is an extension of the 101MW Serra do Mel project, which was Vestas’ first V150-4.2MW turbine order in Brazil.
Nacelles will be manufactured at Vestas’ factory in Ceara, while blades and towers also will be locally produced under the Brazilian Development Bank Finame II rules, Vestas said.
Delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020, with commissioning planned for June of that year.
The company said that it has booked turbine orders totalling 1063MW in Brazil for the V150-4.2MW model since October 2018, when Vestas announced plans to produce the turbine variant at Ceara.
Vestas managing director for Brazil and Southern LatAm Rogerio Zampronha said: “With this order Vestas surpasses the 1GW of firm order intake for the V150-4.2MW in Brazil in just seven months.
“The milestone shows the impact that this turbine has had in the market. We are also very glad to achieve this milestone with Echoenergia, which was the first customer in Brazilian to place an order for the V150-4.2MW turbine.”