Vestas Wind Systems announced this week that it had received a 90-MW order for fifty V100 1.8-MW wind turbines from John Deere Wind Energy for the Michigan Wind II project near Minden City (Michigan, US).
According to the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, the contract includes delivery and commissioning, along with a 10-year service and maintenance agreement. Delivery is scheduled for mid-2011 and commissioning is expected by the end of 2011.
“Vestas is excited to help John Deere deliver additional clean energy to Michigan,” said Martha Wyrsch, President of Vestas Americas. “The V100 1.8-MW turbine is designed to produce large amounts of energy for areas with low- and medium wind speeds.”
In 2007, Vestas supplied John Deere with thirty-two V82 1.65-MW turbines to the Harvest Wind project near Bad Axe, Michigan, and an additional thirty-three V82 1.65-MW turbines for two projects in Oregon.
This marks Vestas’ second order in the United States of the V100 1.8-MW in November. The first was a 58 MW order for a project in Idaho.
56 MW for Tuppadahalli
Elsewhere, November has seen Vestas taking an order for 34 units of the V82 1.65-MW wind turbine for the Tuppadahalli Wind Farm project in the State of Karnataka, South India. The contract comprises supply and commissioning of the turbines, a VestasOnline Business SCADA system as well as a seven-year service and maintenance agreement. Delivery is scheduled to start during the fourth quarter of 2010, and the project will be completed during the second quarter of 2011.
The order has been placed by Tuppadahalli Energy India Pvt Ltd, which is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created by Acciona Energy India for the Tuppadahalli Wind Farm project.
“India has huge potential for wind energy and we are delighted that Acciona Power has chosen Vestas to tap this potential. Vestas is committed to build on our long-term experience in high quality clean wind energy solutions and plays a key role in working with our customers to develop the wind sector in India,” says Vestas Asia Pacific’s President, Sean Sutton.
Vestas has been active in India for more than 10 years, and at the end of June, had installed more than 2,300 MW of wind power there. The first V82 1.65-MW turbines were installed in Kongalnagaram, Coimbatore in 2004, and since then, Vestas has installed around five hundred V82 1.65-MW turbines in India.
European order will generate 380 GWh per annum
On 8 November it was also announced that Vestas had signed an agreement for a total capacity of 100 MW for several wind projects in Europe. While the company is unable to reveal details about the customer and the projects, it does report that the order comprises delivery ex-works, installation and commissioning as well as a VestasOnline Business SCADA system, with delivery of the turbines expected to start in the second half of 2011.
Vestas calculates that the wind farms assembled using this order will produce approximately 380 GWh per year, which corresponds to an annual emission saving of 137,560 tonnes of carbon dioxide compared with average EU electricity.
Brazilian customer orders 37 turbines
Finally, a customer in Brazil has placed an order with Vestas for 86 MW of wind turbines. Again, additional details about the customer cannot be disclosed at its request, but Vestas reveals that twenty-one V100 1.8-MW wind turbines and sixteen V90 3.0-MW wind turbines have been ordered for the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte.
Delivery of the turbines will begin in September 2011, and the projects are expected completed by the end of 2011.
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