It is Energimp’s 14th Brazilian wind farm and the company – a joint venture between the Argentine turbine group Impsa and pension fund FGTS – has invested R$3bn ($1.46bn) in the country.

Another 117MW is due to enter service soon and Energimp has an additional 339MW contracted.

The Quixaba wind farm is the first of eight that make up the Ceará 2 complex, funded by the Caixa Econômica Federal with funding from Brazilian development bank, BNDES.

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