This is the third release order from the framework agreement concluded between EDF Energies Nouvelles and REpower in November 2009.
Hamburg-based REpower will deliver the first of the MM82 and MM92 turbines, each with a rated output of 2 MW and a hub height of 80 metres, from early 2012, with the commissioning of the wind farm planned for autumn of the same year.
Under the contract, REpower will also be responsible for maintaining the turbines.
“Canada is one of the world’s strongest growing wind markets and is of great importance to our business as well, said Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower Systems SE. “We are delighted to be realizing numerous high-output projects in the Québec region with EDF EN Canada Inc.”
REpower has adapted its two-megawatt onshore turbines to Canada’s demanding grid conditions and is using special cold climate versions (CCV).
“Our cold climate turbines, which are particularly suited to the climatic conditions in Canada, have proven themselves in pilot projects and sell themselves very well,” said Helmut Herold, Managing Director of the Canadian subsidiary REpower Systems Inc.
The terms of tendering procedures in the Province of Québec specify that 30 percent of the value creation related to the production of the turbines must be realized in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region and in the administrative district of Matane.
For this purpose, REpower has concluded long-term contracts with local suppliers for towers, blades and converters.
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