Serra Branca Cluster
2015
connected
8
sites
1.2 GW
In operation: 940+ MW
Under construction: 250+ MW
40 000
hectares
198
turbines
975 000+
solar panels
3.5M
inhabitants with
clean energy
860 000
KTons of CO2
avoided per year
Located in North-East Brazil in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, the Serra Branca Cluster began to be developed by Voltalia in 2008. Voltalia progressively secured land rights, permits, rights to connect to the power grid and power sale contracts for a series of projects.
Within Serra Branca, Voltalia kept some wind projects while selling others to third parties. Some projects are in operations while others are in construction and more still under development.
The Serra Branca Cluster includes the following sites:
- Wind: Areia Branca (90 MW)
- Wind: Vamcruz (93 MW)
- Wind: Serra Pará (99 MW)
- Wind: Vila Acre I (27 MW)
- Wind: VSM 1 (163 MW)
- Wind: VSM 3 (152 MW)
- Solar: SSM 1 & 2 (320 MW)
- Solar: SSM 3 to 6 (260 MW)
*as of 2022
The Serra Branca Cluster accommodates a 2.4 gigawatt grid connection infrastructure, developed and built by Voltalia.
Serra Branca is confirmed as the biggest cluster of wind and solar farms worldwide. With a total capacity of 2.4 gigawatts, the site covers an area of approximately 40 000 hectares within a 50 by 15 kilometres area located in the State of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
