Gamesa Wins Wind Energy Order for 54-Megawatts From TuuliWatti in Finland

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA, Spain’s largest wind turbine maker, won a 54-megawatt order from Finland’s TuuliWatti Oy, expanding its presence in a market it entered last year.

The order for 12 of Gamesa’s G128 4.5-megawatt wind turbines forms part of a 117-megawatt framework agreement signed in October, the Zamudio-based company said today in an e-mailed statement. The machines are specially designed to operate in low temperatures, it said.

“Finland is considered one of the most promising growth markets in the European wind energy business in coming years,” Gamesa said in the statement.

Finland is targeting 2,500 megawatts of installed wind power capacity in 2020, up from about 200 megawatts now, according to Gamesa.

Gamesa on Oct. 25 said it’s concentrating on new markets, especially in Latin America, as it adjusts to a global market this year that it forecasts will include a 12 percent drop in installations.

All except one of the turbines announced in today’s deal will be installed this year, with the last in 2014, Gamesa said. The order follows an 18-megawatt deal with the same client on Oct. 11 that isn’t included in the 117-megawatt framework agreement.

The deal includes a 10-year operation and maintenance contract, with an option to extend it by five years, according to the statement. TuuliWatti is a venture between Finland’s St1 Oy and S-Group.

 

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