Vestas Receives Order for 42 MW in Spain

Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 11/16/2011, Location: Europe

Vestas has received an order for delivery of a total capacity of 42 MW for the Zarzuela wind project to be installed in Burgos, in the north of Spain. The order consists of a turnkey project including civil and electrical works, supply, installation and commissioning of 22 units of the V90-2.0/1.8 MW turbine with a 105-metre hub height. The contract also includes a VestasOnline Business SCADA system, a Condition Monitoring System, as well as a 12-year service agreement including the Active Output Management package ‘AOM4000’. The AOM 4000 is a full-scope service contract, consisting of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and consumables, which offers solid risk management for customers, who want an availability guarantee measured against an agreed threshold. This type of contract offers customers assured performance avoiding unforeseen operational costs of any kind.

Delivery of the turbines for the Zarzuela wind power plant is scheduled to start in Q4 2011 and the project is expected to be completed in Q2 2012. The order has been placed by CyL Energia Eolica SLU belonging to VAPAT, a local company in Castilla Leon in Spain with extensive experience in wind energy projects. The company has been a pioneer in Europe within installation of wind power plants with the V90-2.0 MW turbines with 105-metre hub height obtaining excellent results on sites with low wind potential. Different companies within the VAPAT Group are developing innovative projects in Castilla y Leon with wind potential at site heights not yet explored. The Spanish region of Castilla y Leon has the largest installed wind base in Spain with more than 4,800 MW as of 1 January 2011 and ambitious wind targets for the following years. Different companies in the VAPAT Group will continue developing new wind projects in Castilla y Leon.

Miguel Picardo, General Manager of Vestas Iberia emphasises: “It is very positive for the Spanish wind industry that companies continue supporting the development of wind even when the market is still lacking certainty and long-term visibility. This is the reason why companies developing large wind projects, such as VAPAT, choose to work together with strong and reliable technological partners who are able to provide business case certainty. We are pleased that once again VAPAT has selected Vestas as their preferred turbine and service supplier for this important wind investment in Spain.”

“This order directly supports Vestas’ vision ‘Wind, Oil and Gas’, and we look forward to continuing working together with VAPAT on these projects. Wind energy covers today the electricity needs of 10 million households in Spain and employs more than 35,000 professionals. As the pioneering wind technology company solely committed to wind, we believe that these figures can be much higher, provided that the right decisions are made to facilitate the accomplishment of the Spanish renewable energy targets for 2020 and that the market offers the necessary regulatory certainty for wind investments to continue taking place,” concludes Juan Araluce, President of Vestas Mediterranean.

The above-mentioned wind power plant has a total estimated production of 153,000 MWh per year, which corresponds to an annual emission saving of 59,670 tons of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it will provide enough electricity to cover the residential electricity consumption of approx 95,900 people in Spain.


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