Pecém ships largest wind turbine ever produced in the southern hemisphere

Pecém Port carried out a special operation to test how to embark the first unit of the largest wind turbine ever produced in the southern hemisphere. The 74 meter long structure required the help of several professionals from manufacturing to transporting the wind giant to Pecém.

The blades were produced by Aeris – a company in Pecém`s industrial complex, ordered by Vestas, considered the world’s largest producer of wind energy turbines. Approximately R$100 million was invested in infrastructure, equipment and process development with modern project management tools. Over almost a year, more than 30 company professionals were involved in the prototype manufacturing process for the new product, completed in August last year.

Today, Aeris is a pioneer in the manufacturing process for this blade model. And on March 9 the giant blade was loaded onto the vessel called Erik, which travelled approximately ten days to the port of Boston, in the United States.

“This operation involved professionals from some of the companies operating in Pecém, from the manufacturer of the blades to the transport companies. A challenge that demanded a lot of dedication from the whole team, after all we had never loaded a wind turbine with these dimensions. We are proud of the results”, says José Alcântara Neto, Operations Manager at the Pecém Complex.

Currently, the blades produced by Aeris are exported mainly to the United States. But they are also shipped to other countries and several wind farms in Brazil through Porto do Pecém. Last year the company produced almost two thousand blades, a record for the company that has been operating since 2010 in the Pecém Complex.

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