Gamesa wins order to build 70MW wind farm in Uruguay

Gamesa, the Spanish wind power company, has secured an order from Rafisa to build a 70-MW wind farm in Uruguay.

Rafisa, a trustee of the Financiero Arias Trust, is backed and managed by a government-owned utility company UTE.

As per the contract, Gamesa will supply, deploy and commission 35 G114-2.0 MW turbines at the Colonia Arias wind farm in Flores.

The contract also involves managing civil works and electrical installations in order to operate the development.

The wind turbines will be delivered by December, and the project will be commissioned by the second quarter of 2017.

Gamesa will operate and maintain the wind complex for the first 15 years of its operations.

This is the second project taken up by Gamesa that is being developed by UTE.

In 2015, Gamesa signed an agreement for the development of the Valentines wind farm.

This wind farm is slated to be commissioned in the second half of 2016.

Gamesa has installed and maintains 200 MW in Uruguay so far.

Following the latest order, the Spanish firm has won contracts and agreements for the supply of another 190 MW.