Vestas receives orders from Italy and South Africa

Aarhus, Denmark - Vestas has received an order for a total capacity of 39 MW for the Matisse wind power plant in Italy and a 67 MW order from Umoya Energy for South Africa.

The project in South Africa, consisting of 37 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines, will be installed in the province of Hopefield at the Western Cape of the country. The turbine delivery is planned for the second quarter of 2013 and the wind farm is expected to be commissioned by February 2014. Umoya Energy is a project company with participation of the African Infrastructure Investment Fund Trust, the Kagiso Infrastructure Empowerment Fund Trust, the Infrastructural, Developmental and Environmental Assets Managed Fund, Tomlo Commodities (Pty) Ltd and the Hopefield Wind Farm Local Community Company.

The order from Italy, consisting of 13 units of the V112-3.0 MW turbine, has been placed by Farpower S.r.l., a special purpose company of Whysol Investments, an investment company specialised in the development of greenfield energy infrastructure in Europe. Delivery of the turbines for the Matisse wind power plant is expected to start at the beginning of 2013 and the project is expected to be commercially operational by the first quarter of 2013. Both contracts include the supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines, along with a VestasOnline

Source: IWR Online, 16 Nov 2012