- The new project has the potential of being more than 1.5 GW.
Voltalia SA, a French renewable power producer, has revealed that it is developing a new solar photovoltaic (PV) cluster in Mina Gerais, a state in Brazil. The new project has the potential of being more than 1.5 GW.
The company revealed that it had commenced operations on the new Arinos cluster for its account and third parties, with some already established partnerships. One of such partnerships is with CTG Brasil, which will contract a certain portion of the capacity once the development phase of a project within the cluster has been completed.
Voltalis noted that the development of large clusters aid in pooling infrastructure, connection networks and maintenance. The company has already engineered two such clusters in Brazil- the 2.4 GW Serra Branca in Rio Grande do Norte and the 1 GW-plus Canudos in Bahia.
Voltalia has 688 MW of wind and solar projects in operation within Serra Branca and currently constructing an additional 517 MW of solar capacity there. In Canudos, the company owns a 99 MW wind farm that is being constructed.