The Areia Branca project is made up of the Carcará I, Carcará II and the Terral wind farms. They were initially permitted with 28.8MW each, but Aneel allowed the project to be increased to 30MW each.

The changes come a few weeks after Voltalia announced a supply deal with Acciona to equip the parks with the Spanish company's 3MW, AW3000 turbines.

Voltalia sold power from these projects at the 2011 auctions and, according to the government, should be finished in early 2015.

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