The new plant has capacity to produce 100 units of the AW3000 turbine, a 3MW turbine that is available in models with rotor diameters of up to 125m on towers up to 140m high, in steel or concrete as required.
The plant will start production in the last quarter of 2014 and will create 60 direct and 4,000 indirect jobs.
The new facility is the company’s second industrial initiative in the state of Bahia, following the inauguration of a wind turbine hub plant at Simões Filho, Bahia, in March.
Already, the company is supplying 3MW turbines for a 120MW project for CPFL in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and in 2014 it will also deliver 210MW of wind turbines for two wind plants of Voltalia in Rio Grande do Norte.