Gamesa to supply 239 MW turbines to ScottishPower’s Kilgallioch wind farm in Scotland

Spanish company Gamesa has signed a deal with to ScottishPower Renewables to supply 239 MW turbines to its Kilgallioch wind farm in southern Scotland.

ScottishPower Renewables will invest £300m in the project and after full operation, it will supply power to 130,000 households.

Gamesa will supply, transport, and install 94 units of G114-2.5 MW turbines, and two units of G90-2.0 MW turbines for the project.

The G114-2.5 MW turbines consist of a longer blade and are designed for class II wind speed sites.

Gamesa G114-2.5 MW turbines can also produce 29% more power than the G97-2.0 MW model while cutting down energy cost up to 10%.

The company is expected to deliver the turbines in February 2016 with full operation of the site expected by 2017.

Gamesa’s Europe & RoW CEO Ricardo Chocarro said: "This milestone agreement with ScottishPower Renewables evidences the success of our commercial strategy in northern Europe, one of Gamesa’s priority markets, and demonstrates the credibility garnered by our new products – which offer market-leading efficiency and profitability – in the eyes of our customers.

Gamesa has installed and maintains over 450 MW, since 2005 in the UK.

ScottishPower Renewables CEO Keith Anderson said: "Kilgallioch windfarm will become our second largest windfarm in the UK and this year marks a real milestone as we approach 2 GW of installed onshore wind capacity – enough to power over 1 million homes."

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