The 38 MW wind farm, near the city of Altoona, Pa., features 18 G90-2.0 MW and one G87-2.0 MW Gamesa wind turbines, each having two megawatts of rated capacity.
It is the third wind farm Gamesa has developed in Pennsylvania. Full ownership is expected to transfer to enXco, subject to satisfaction of typical closing conditions, by the end of the 2011.
With the closing, Chestnut Flats will become enXco’s first operational wind asset in Pennsylvania. It is scheduled to go commercial by the end of 2012.
“With the sale of the Chestnut Flats project to enXco, Gamesa continues to demonstrate our capabilities not just as a world leader in the manufacture of wind turbines but also as an industry leader in the development, construction and sale of wind farms here in North America,” said Jiddu Tapia, Gamesa’s Chief Development Officer for North America.
Pennsylvania currently has 17 operating wind farms with a production capacity of 818 MW, with another 100 MW under construction.
Approximately 40 percent of Pennsylvania’s currently installed wind capacity comes from Gamesa --- either through projects Gamesa developed directly or through projects developed by others using the turbines manufactured by Gamesa.
In addition to Chestnut Flats, Gamesa also built the 80 MW Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm and 70 Mw North Allegheny Wind Farm in southwestern Pennsylvania. The nearby 50 MW Sandy Ridge Wind Farm is under construction, and completion is planned for the end of the year.
In other Gamesa-related news, the company’s G128-4.5 MW prototype turbine at an R&D wind farm in Jaulín (Zaragoza) reaches a new milestone for energy output in Spain, generating 97.34 MWh while operating at 100-percent availability.
This same prototype of the G10X-4.5 MW turbine system has achieved three previous milestones for wind energy generation in Spain: on 1 June 2011 -- the date of the highest energy output by a single turbine in Spain (98.26 MWh); 8 October 2011 (96.48 MWh); and 1 March 2011, when the turbine generated 95.19 MWh.
The initial prototype of the G128-4.5 MW, the world's most powerful turbine for the onshore wind energy market, has delivered more than 6 GWh to the Spanish electricity grid this year, at an availability rate exceeding 97 percent.
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