Enel solar project in Brazil to get to 864MW with latest development

• The Brazilian renewables subsidiary of Enel Group has revealed strategies to increase the São Gonçalo solar PV plant, which it claims is South America's largest, with a 256MW capacity enhancement.

Enel Green Power Brasil Participações (EGPB) powered up the initial 475MW section of the plant in the Brazilian state of Piauí previously this year as well as now aims to complete a growth of the center in 2021, taking its total ability approximately around 864MW. The firm said a current 133MW growth is in the last building phase.

The most recent enhancement types part of a 1.3 GW renewables build-out in Brazil by Enel that generally contains new wind parks and will set you back the Italian team BRL5.6 billion (US$ 1.1 billion). Once completely operational, the 4 new wind ranches and São Gonçalo growth are expected to create more than 5.5 TWh of power per year.

Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of Enel Green Power, said building of the projects represents "an unmatched milestone in the background of our business in Brazil, particularly because the obstacles imposed by the present scenario".

Enel additionally exposed several of the security protocols it is carrying out in Brazil as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. These include screening campaigns, strict standards for travel as well as raised sanitisation of centers, cars and also building sites.

In Brazil, Enel Group, through its EGPB as well as Enel Brasil subsidiaries, has actually a total set up renewables capability of over 3.4 GW, of which 1,210 MW is wind, 979MW solar and 1,269 MW hydroelectric.