Located 80km from Natal, the Asa Branca project has been developed with an investment of R$600m ($250.1m), of which R$450m was financed by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social).

ContourGlobal Latin America CEO Alessandra Marinheiro said: "The Asa Branca Complex was built focused on safety, social responsibility, using the best engineering practices, and with the help of partners that ensured the high quality of the work. It is a model of success for ContourGlobal."

The wind farm will generate 160MW of electricity, which is enough to supply 300,000 homes.

ContourGlobal president and chief executive officer Joseph Brandt said: "We salute the ContourGlobal team responsible for this great success as well as our great partners, General Electric, Casa dos Ventos, Cortez, WEGand BNDES, (with whom we have financed three renewable projects in Brazil).

"Together we developed and constructed a major infrastructure project in a remote region and did so with an exemplary safety record — 3 Lost Time Accidents over 1,600,000 hours worked in two years.

"We look forward to continuing our growth in Brazil’s wind energy sector with our partners in a new 210 MW wind farm in Piauí state that was awarded at the Reserve Auction that took place last August and will require approximately R$ 780 million investment."

The project, which is the company’s third in the country, has created over 600 direct jobs and 2,000 indirect jobs.