#Casa dos Ventos

Brazil: Brazil’s largest wind energy substation, the 1,200 MW SE Curral Novo do Piaui II facility, was switched on last week.

Switzerland, Zurich: Brazilian renewables company Casa dos Ventos has awarded a contract worth around $30 million to ABB to provide substations and related power infrastructure enabling the efficient integration of power from two new wind complexes (comprising 13 wind farms) into the country’s transmission grid.