GE will add 35skilled workers to produce nacelles at its Campinas, São Paulo, manufacturingfacility.
The plant will now make nacelles forGE’s 1.7-100 and 1.85-82.5 models. It already produces turbine hubs.
GE said its turbines accounted for40% of the more than 1GW of wind Brazil connected to the grid lastyear.
“The Campinasfacility expansion will enable GE to continue to provide high-quality windtechnology while enabling our customers to have access to Brazil’s BNDES [developmentbank] financing lines,” the company said.
GE will also open wind services centresin Bahia and Rio Grandedo Norte, employing 100 technicians between them.
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