Babilônia Centro wind farm

Description: The project entials the construction of a wind farm with 123 wind turbines in the municipalities of Várzea Nova and Morro do Chapéu, state of Bahia, Brazil. The location was chosen due to aspects such as high capacity load factors (more than 50%) and the short distance (23km) to connect to the national electricity grid. There is also the possibility of expanding the project's capacity by adding an additional 100MW of solar power. A medium voltage network will carry the energy produced by the wind turbines to the Babilônia Centro collecting substation. From there, the connection to the National Interconnected System will be made through a transmission line to the Ourolândia II substation, already operational. The project is expected to generate enough energy to power the equivalent of around 1.37 million homes. During its implementation phase, 1,500 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs will be created.