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Vestas Receives 570 MW Order for California Wind Farm
July 22, 2010Source: Clean Edge News
Vestas received a
570 MW order for 190 V90-3.0 MW turbines for
Terra-Gen's Alta Wind Energy Center near Tehachapi, California, USA.
The order has been placed by subsidiaries of Alta Wind Holdings, LLC,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terra-Gen Power, LLC.
Terra-Gen’s V90-3.0 MW purchase is Vestas' largest order for a single
site. According to the company, the Alta project is the largest
financing of a North American wind-energy project and the first wind-
energy leveraged lease to be placed in the debt capital markets.
"The entire Vestas team looks forward to helping Terra-Gen bring this
exceptional project to reality. When completed, it will be the largest
wind farm we will have supplied turbines to in our 31-year history as
well as the biggest in California," says Martha Wyrsch, President of
Vestas Americas.
The contract includes delivery and commissioning as well as a
five-year service and maintenance agreement. Delivery is scheduled for
late 2010. The first 50 turbines will be commissioned by the end of
2010 and the remaining ones will be online in the first half of 2011.
Vestas' manufacturing operations in Colorado will produce wind
components for this order. All blades for the Alta project will be
produced at Vestas' blades factory in Windsor, Colorado. And a
majority of the towers will be manufactured at Vestas' new tower
factory in Pueblo, Colorado.
Terra-Gen Power, LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners and
Global Infrastructure Partners, has more than 830 MW of generating
capacity in operation and 720 MW of generating capacity under
construction. Terra-Gen has 21 renewable-energy facilities operating
in six states, and more than 5,000 MW of renewable energy capacity
under development.
The Alta Wind Energy Center is supported by a 1,550 MW power purchase
agreement with Southern California Edison to sell renewable energy.
This order marks Vestas' eighth North American deal announced in 2010,
totaling 1,336 MW this year among four turbine types.