 <<back | index | next>> BrazilThe Brazilian Wind Energy Center was created in march/1996, with the support of
the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry
of Environment, Water Resources and Legal Amazon,
the Secretary of Science, Technology and Environment
of Pernambuco and the Bank of Northeast of Brazil.
It is managed by the staff of the Wind Energy Group
of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil,
a recognized reference research group in wind energy.
The achievement of successful wind energy projects
in Brazil, mainly considering the local components
manufacturing and wind farms installation, requires
specific studies in order to determine the characteristics
of the equipment to be used. This can only be assured
by a serious work in research and development of
wind turbine components and systems, including the
elaboration of technical specifications and standards
to the Brazilian conditions. Amongst many other
activities, the Brazilian Wind Energy Center, located
at the coastline of hte historical city of Olinda,
is testing the performance of several wind turbines
in order to define the appropriate design characteristics
of the machines that shall be used in the future
projects. In co-operation with local industries
this study will also lead to the development of
new and application-specific components/equipment.
At the present, there are two grid connected wind
turbines installed in the Brazilian Wind Energy
Center - CBEE, one OHM-30 (30kW) and one OWW-300
(300kW). A complete data acquisition system is used
to collect information about the aerodynamic and
structural loads, energy production and power quality.
In addition, there are two small wind turbines,
one BWC 1500 (1.5kW) for small hybrid power systems
study and one RUTLAND WG910 (90W) for battery charging
and lighting applications (http://www.eolica.com.br/index_ing.html).
Wind Assesment in BrazilBrazil has an area equivalent to the continental US, therefore it is not inconceivable that good wind resources can be found in many parts of the country. Most focus has been put on the state of Cearį (north-east of Brazil) mainly because it was the first one to carry out precise and reliable wind data collection. Today, several preliminary resource assessment programs in specific locations are underway. Most of these programs, which are conducted by the CBEE or utilities that have been trained by the CBEE, are based on the installation of modern wind data loggers, data collection and analysis through the simulation of the wind climate using a microscale atmospheric model (e.g. Wasp/RISŲ)...more>> Projects in Brazil
The estimated potential wind production would cover 0.08% of Brazil's energy needs. Energy Conversion:
References and Additional Information about Wind Resources in Brazil: Centro Brasileiro De Energia Eolica: http://www.eolica.com.br/index_ing.html  |
