The Spanish company Acciona inaugurated an assembly plant … – Minuto30.com

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The Spanish company Acciona opened an assembly plant for wind turbines today in the Brazilian municipality of Simões Filho, Salvador neighbor, capital of the northeastern state of Bahia

La. plant has a production capacity of 100 turbines three megawatts (MW) per year, AW3000 model, and can be expanded to 200 units depending on demand, the company said. The plant has generated 150 direct jobs and 500 indirect jobs, according to a statement distributed by Acciona. EFE / File

The plant has a production capacity of 100 turbines three megawatts (MW) per year, model AW3000, and can be expanded to 200 units depending on the demand, the company said.

The factory has generated 150 direct jobs and 500 indirect, according to a statement distributed by Acciona.

In these facilities t began to Ambien manufacture bushings, part that fixes the rotor blades, that since 2012 Acciona produced in another plant located in close proximity to the current location.

The president of Acciona, José Manuel Entrecanales said that new investment “evidence” “industrial commitment to Brazil” of your business, said in a statement.

Acciona says it is completing the requirements of progressive nationalization of components required by the National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), Brazilian bank building, as a condition for granting soft loans to wind developers.

Acciona has closed contracts for 1,020 MW since it started marketing in Brazil in 2012, of which are operating two complexes totaling 210 MW.

Are two other complexes under construction with a combined capacity of 201 MW and executory other projects reaching 609 MW.

In addition to wind turbine plant now opened, the company has in Brazil of a manufacturing plant for wind segmental concrete towers in the city of Areia Branca, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Brazil doubled its installed capacity wind power generation in 2014, reaching 3,016 MW, and this year could double that figure again and reach 7,904 MW, According to forecasts of the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

Northeastern Brazil is the region with top winds of the country and the state of Bahia, in particular, is the one with the wider adoption of this technology, according to calculations of the regional government, 1,000 MW in operation to reach this year. Rio de Janeiro, May 13 (EFE).