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09.07.2010 13:02
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Vestas has received an order for the delivery of 13 – plus one in option - V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the “Volturino” wind farm in Apulia, Italy, said from the company.
The contract includes supply, installation and commissioning of the turbines and a five-year service agreement. Delivery is scheduled to start in the first half of 2011 and the project will be completed by the end of the year.
The order has been placed by Volturino Wind and CO-VER Industrial. Volturino Wind is a project company of BKW Italia, controlled by BKW FMB Energy, a leading Swiss utility and among the main providers in production, transmission and distribution of electricity. BKW FMB Energy has a generation capacity of more than 2,000 MW produced by a consolidated mix of hydroelectric, nuclear, wind and biogas power. The other company, CO-VER Industrial, stems from the merger of several companies of the CO-VER Group working in the leading industrial and service sectors.
“We are very pleased to announce this new project in Italy which shows the customer’s trust in our organisation, our full-fledged commitment to wind technology and our capability of granting the business case certainty,” says Juan Araluce, President of Vestas Mediterranean.
Rainer Karan, Managing Director of Vestas Italia continues: “We are proud to have been chosen as provider for this new project which also confirms the attractiveness of Apulia as an ideal setting for wind turbines due to its remarkable wind potential.”
With a total installed capacity of 23.4 MW and an estimated annual production of 78,000 MWh per year, the Volturino wind power plant will save the environment from more than 30,000 tons of CO2 emissions on an annual basis. Furthermore, it will generate enough electricity to power 32,500 Italian households per year.
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