Gamesa lands 3 Spanish windfarm projects


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Gamesa G90 windfarms in Castile-Leon advance wind energy with 140.6 MW of low-wind turbines, EPC delivery, installation, start-up, operations and maintenance, boosting renewable capacity in Spain under Esquilvent's contract and scheduled completion through early 2011.

 

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Utility-scale wind projects using 75 2 MW G90 turbines, delivering 140.6 MW with EPC, start-up, O&M, and 5-year service.

  • Esquilvent awards three windfarms totaling 140.6 MW in Castile-Leon.
  • Scope includes electrical, civil, supply, assembly, installation, start-up.
  • 75 Gamesa G90 turbines rated 2 MW, optimized for low-wind sites.
  • Gamesa to operate and maintain the farms for five years.
  • Track record: 2,500 MW in region; 18,000 MW installed worldwide.

 

Spanish renewable energy company Gamesa Corporation SA has landed a contract to build three windfarms in the town of Ampudia in the province of Palencia in northern Spain.

 

The contract has been awarded by Esquilvent, a wind power developer based in Castile-Leon, and the three windfarms will have a combined generating capacity of 140.6 megawatts MW. The contract covers the windfarms' electrical installations, civil engineering and the supply, assembly, installation, start-up and maintenance of 75 Gamesa G90 turbines. On completion, Gamesa, which also secured the Caparo order earlier this year, will operate the facility and provide maintenance services for a five-year period. No financial details were released.

The Gamesa G90 turbines are rated at 2 MW and have a rotor diameter of 90 metres, and developments like Siemens turbines for Pattern Energy illustrate parallel advances. They are specifically designed for use in low-wind locations.

Work will start on the windfarms immediately, with Gamesa confident that the farms will be completed by the end of this year and in the first quarter of 2011, even as the EU windfarm expansion underscores regional momentum.

Gamesa was previously contracted by the same group for the installation of 62 MW of generation capacity spread between two windfarms in Valladolid, also in the Castile-Leon region, while Vestas orders in Poland and Germany indicate robust European demand. Both farms are under construction. Gamesa is expected to announce further deals with the group.

To date, Gamesa has installed more than 2,500 MW of capacity in the Castile-Leon region, 350 MW of which it has developed itself. In the past 15 years, Gamesa has installed more than 18,000 MW of power in 20 countries, on four continents.

In May this year, Gamesa signed an exclusive 10-year supply agreement with wind and solar power developer Cannon Power Group to supply wind turbines for a series of windfarms in the Aubanel Wind Project, located in Mexico's Baja California region, while Union Fenosa's Mexican windfarm permits highlight regulatory timelines in the market. The project will eventually have a capacity of 1,000 MW, but the first phase, which will begin construction within the year, will have an installed capacity of between 70 MW and 100 MW.

 

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