Echoenergia acquires two wind farms in Brazil

Actis announced that its newly created wind platform “Echoenergia” has acquired 100% of two operating wind farms in the North East of Brazil, from Brazilian premier wind developer Casa dos Ventos.

The two wind farms, with contracted 20-year PPAs, total 346MW. Tiangua, located in Ceara state, has an installed capacity of 130MW and Sao Clemente, located in Pernambuco state, has 216MW. The acquisitions are seed assets for Echoenergia, the fifth such energy platform that Actis has built in Latin America. Michael Till, co-head of Actis Energy, commented: “This is an important building block that underpins Actis’ focused strategy of creating scalable energy businesses in key growth markets. Brazil is Latin America´s largest economy and its wind resources... ... More: Official Press Release Actis

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Actis, Echoenergia, Brazil, wind farm