Enel Green Power begins building of 1.3 GW of brand-new solar as well as wind energy in Brazil

• The wind farms Lagoa dos Ventos III (396 MW), Morro do Chapéu Sul II (353 MW), Cumaru (206 MW) and also Fontes dos Ventos II (99 MW), in addition to the São Gonçalo III (256 MW) solar plant will certainly be primarily sustained by power supply contracts in the Brazilian complimentary power market.

The Enel Group is investing around 5.6 billion Brazilian reais, comparable to around 1.1 billion US bucks at the present exchange rate, in the building of the new facilities.

The Enel Group's Brazilian sustainable subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda. (" EGPB") has begun the construction of 5 brand-new eco-friendly plants in northeastern Brazil, especially four wind farms and also one solar plant for a total of 1.3 GW of new capability. In Piauí, the firm is building the 396 MW Lagoa dos Ventos III wind farm and also the 256 MW São Gonçalo III solar park. The remaining three wind projects-- Morro do Chapéu Sul II (353 MW), Cumaru (206 MW) and also Fontes dos Ventos II (99 MW)-- are being constructed in the states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte as well as Pernambuco, respectively.

" The beginning of building and construction of 1.3 GW of new sustainable capability is an extraordinary turning point in the history of our business in Brazil, specifically in view of the obstacles imposed by the existing circumstance," stated Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of Enel Green Power. "These brand-new projects additionally reinforce our position as leaders in Brazil's solar as well as wind generation markets, while highlighting our dedication towards the development of the Brazilian eco-friendly industry in order to branch out the nation's power mix as well as add to the financial and social advancement of the neighborhood areas in which we exist."

The Enel Group is investing around 5.6 billion Brazilian reais in the building and construction of these projects, the equivalent of about 1.1 billion US bucks at existing exchange rates. The new parks will certainly be generally supported by power supply contracts worked out with business customers in the Brazilian cost-free power market and are expected to begin operating in 2021, with the exception of Lagoa dos Ventos III, which is due to start industrial operations in 2022. Once totally functional, the five new parks will certainly have the ability to generate more than 5.5 TWh of energy each year, staying clear of the exhaust of approximately 3 million tons of CO2 right into the atmosphere annually.

Lagoa dos Ventos III (396 MW) lies in the town of Dom Inocêncio, in the State of Piauí, where the business is constructing the 716 MW Lagoa dos Ventos wind facility, which is Enel Green Power's largest wind farm worldwide. With the brand-new 396 MW project, which will need an investment of around 353 million US bucks, the overall capability of Lagoa dos Ventos will get to around 1.1 GW.

São Gonçalo III (256 MW), whose building and construction will certainly entail a financial investment of around 142 million US dollars, is located in the district of São Gonçalo do Gurguéia in the State of Piauí, where the 608 MW São Gonçalo solar park, 475 MW of which are currently in operation as well as a 133 MW expansion remains in the last construction stage, is also situated. With the addition of the brand-new 256 MW project, the overall mounted capacity of São Gonçalo, which is South America's biggest solar park, will certainly total up to around 864 MW.

Morro do Chapéu Sul II (353 MW) is located in the districts of Morro do Chapéu as well as Cafarnaum, in the State of Bahia, in the same region where the currently operational 172 MW Morro do Chapéu Sul wind farm, which began operations in January 2018, lies. The construction of Morro do Chapéu Sul II will certainly require a financial investment of approx. 340 million US dollars.

The 206 MW Cumaru wind farm lies in the municipality of São Miguel do Gostoso, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte as well as its building will need an investment of around 184 million US dollars.

The 99 MW Fontes dos Ventos II wind farm is located in the municipality of Tacaratu, in the State of Pernambuco, where, considering that 2015, Enel Green Power has actually been operating Brazil's initial wind-solar crossbreed plant, which integrates the Fontes dos Ventos I wind farm and also Fontes Solar project, for an overall set up capacity of 89.9 MW. The construction of Fontes dos Ventos II will require a financial investment of around 84 million US bucks.

Numerous innovative solutions are being implemented on the construction sites of these projects to enhance safety and security, top quality and also effectiveness of works, consisting of energetic security gadgets, automated makers, drones, remote support and also electronic devices to support the websites' everyday activities.

Throughout the building of the facilities, rigorous safety and security procedures are being executed, because of the recurring pandemic as well as in line with the signs provided by wellness authorities, with the goal to guarantee the necessary defense to the employees involved in the building and construction in addition to the areas where the parks are being installed. The firm has actually established strict standards for travel, which include preventative quarantine when workers transfer to cities outside the building site region, raised sanitization of facilities, lorries as well as environments on building and construction sites, as well as procedures to guarantee safe job techniques. On the building sites, the regimen of the groups as well as procedures were structured to keep social distancing. Enel Green Power has also been accomplishing enormous testing campaigns entailing all workers working with the building sites every two weeks.

In Brazil, the Enel Group, via its subsidiaries EGPB and Enel Brasil, has a total eco-friendly mounted capability of over 3.4 GW, of which 1,210 MW are wind, 979 MW solar and also 1,269 MW hydroelectric.