The contract includes also an operation and maintenance service for the wind park, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, for a period of 15 years.

ACCIONA Windpower, a subsidiary of the ACCIONA Group dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of wind turbines, has won its first contract in Brazil. The company will supply, install and maintain forty 3-MW wind turbines for a 120 MW wind farm owned by CPFL Renováveis, a subsidiary of Brazilian utility CPFL Group.

The installation, situated in Palmares do Sul, will consist of forty AW116/3000 wind turbines, ACCIONA Windpower's most advanced machine. Each one has a capacity of 3 MW and a rotor diameter of 116 meters, mounted on a 120-meter-high concrete tower. The contract covers the supply and field installation of the turbines as well as the operation and maintenance of the wind park for a period of 15 years.