CopelRenováveis will become the wind-power investment arm of the government in thesouthern state of Paraná.

Thenew company is born with 183.6MW of wind farms under construction, a R$286m ($131m) asset that was bought in June this year from developer Casa dos Ventos.

It also inherits a 2.5MWsmall-scale plant that has been in operation since 1999.

No further information has been disclosed by the utility so far.