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Brazil awards 539 MW of wind contracts in latest auction

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24/08/2015 13:13
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Brazil awarded on Friday contracts to the developers of 669.5 MW of clean energy capacity, including 538.8 MW of wind, national electricity regulator Aneel said.


With 29 winners, the tender sold 58,004,224.8 MWh at a total price of BRL 10.96 billion (USD 3.1bn/EUR 2.7bn), or BRL 188.87 per MWh.


The auction included wind, biomass, natural gas and hydropower sources. The plants should start supplying power on January 1, 2018. More details about the projects can be found in the table below.



Source Total Capacity Number of Projects Average price PPA term
Wind 538.8 MW 19 BRL 181.14/MWh 20 years
Small HPP 66.1 MW 7 BRL 205.01/MWh 30 years

Thernal (biomass and

natural gas

64.5 MW 3 BRL 212,75/MWh 20 years


The 29 winning projects are located in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Bahia, Ceara, Maranhao and Piaui.

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