A major China-based wind turbine manufacturer confirmed it has an agreement with a Brazilian energy company to install its equipment for the first time in Latin America.
Mingyang, the largest private wind turbine maker in China, on August 16 said it has “joined forces” with Brazil’s Companhia Paranaense de Energia, a utility better known as Copel, to install its MySE 6.25-172 model turbine at a project that would take shape in 2025. The Chinese company said it thinks the venture would lead to other opportunities in wind energy in the region.
Mingyang in January of this year announced it had signed a preferred supplier agreement for a 240-MW onshore wind farm in Brazil. The company at that time said the deal represented a “significant breakthrough” in the Brazilian market. Mingyang officials in that announcement said the company was prepared to supply 30 of its MySE 4.0-156, and 19 of its MySE 6.25-172 turbines, to an…
