{"id":1004185148,"date":"2017-07-27T10:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004185148"},"modified":"2022-12-07T22:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T06:39:35","slug":"brazils-90mw-cristalandia-wind-farm-begins-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brazils-90mw-cristalandia-wind-farm-begins-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s 90MW Cristal\u00e2ndia Wind Farm Begins Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Anca Gagiuc<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004185149\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004185149\" data-attachment-id=\"1004185149\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brazils-90mw-cristalandia-wind-farm-begins-operations\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"784,564\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cristal\u00e2ndia Wind Farm, Brazil&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cristal\u00e2ndia Wind Farm, Brazil&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg?w=784\" class=\"wp-image-1004185149 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg\" alt=\"Cristal\u00e2ndia Wind Farm, Brazil\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/07\/cristalandia-wind-farm-credit-enel-green-power.jpg?resize=768,552 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004185149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristal\u00e2ndia Wind Farm, Brazil<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enel Green Power Brasil Participa\u00e7\u00f5es (EGPB), a subsidiary of Enel, began operation of its Cristal\u00e2ndia wind farm. The facility has a total installed capacity of 90 megawatts and is located in the municipalities of Brumado, Rio de Contas and Dom Basilio in Brazil\u2019s northeastern state of Bahia.<\/p>\n<p>Cristal\u00e2ndia\u2019s construction cost roughly $190 million and was awarded to EGPB through the Leil\u00e3o de Fontes Alternativas (LFA) public renewable energy auction in April 2015. The wind project has 20-year power purchase agreements with a pool of Brazilian electricity distribution companies.<\/p>\n<h2>Specs, additional green initiatives<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/xcel-energy-receives-approval-for-1550mw-wind-energy-plan\/\">wind development<\/a> has a generating capacity of approximately 350 Gigawatt hours per year, which is sufficient to power more than 170,000 Brazilian households while avoiding the emission of about 118,000 metric tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. In addition, EGPB carried out a set of Creating Shared Value (CSV) initiatives in the areas surrounding the facility, which\u00a0consist of creative recycling workshops with local communities to enable income generation through the reuse of materials used in the plant\u2019s construction, such as pellets turned into furniture and tarp used to produce handcrafts to be sold in local markets.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn Bahia, where Cristal\u00e2ndia wind farm is located, we manage as much as 1.3 GW of renewable capacity both in operation and under construction, leveraging on the state\u2019s huge wealth of green energy sources. Across Brazil, we are striving to support the country\u2019s economy in the most responsible way by contributing to the diversification of the energy mix through renewables and implementing sustainable initiatives aimed at creating shared value at the local level,\u201d<\/em> Carlo Zorzoli, Enel\u2019s country manager in Brazil, said in a prepared statement.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Enel Green Power<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enel invested approximately $190 million into the development of the 90-megawatt Cristal\u00e2ndia wind farm. 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