Gamesa breaks into the Venezuelan market with the installation of 100 MW in what will be the country's first wind farm
December, 10, 2008
- The company will supply 76 wind turbine generators to PDVSA amounting to almost €116 million through its subsidiary MADE
- Gamesa positions itself as one of the main wind turbine suppliers in the Latin American market by closing this deal
Bibao, December 10, 2008. Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica has broken into the Latin American wind energy market, more specifically Venezuela, through its subsidiary MADE. The Spanish company has reached an agreement with the country’s main energy group Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) for the supply of 76 AE61-1,320 kW 60 Hz wind turbine generators, amounting to a total power of 100 MW.
These wind turbines will be destined to what will become the first Venezuelan wind energy facility, located in the Paraguaná peninsula in the state of Falcón. Through the installation of the country's first wind energy project, Gamesa will contribute to attaining the goal of generating clean energy in Venezuela.
This agreement, amounting to almost €116 million, includes the supply and overseeing the installation and start-up of the wind turbine generators, along with two years of operation and maintenance. The wind energy facility’s assembly work will commence in the last quarter of 2009.
Gullermo Ulacia, Gamesa’s Chairman and CEO, highlighted the importance of this new project by stating “it demonstrates the company’s ability to position itself as one of the main wind turbine suppliers in Latin America, an important market having exceptional potential for growth”.
From an environmental viewpoint, the wind turbine generators Gamesa will supply to the above-mentioned wind farm will contribute towards generating electricity supplies that respect the environment and avoid the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere. More specifically, the annual production of this facility’s 100 MW will replace 21,500 tons of petroleum equivalent (TPE) per year and avoid the emission into the atmosphere of 150,000 tons of CO2 a year.
About Gamesa
Gamesa is a company specializing in sustainable energy technologies, mainly wind power. Gamesa is the market leader in Spain and is positioned among the world’s most important wind turbine generator manufacturers with a market share above 15% in 2007.
Gamesa has installed more than 13,000 MW of its main product lines in 20 countries spread out over four continents. The annual equivalent of this production amounts to more than 2.78 million tons of petroleum (TPE) per year and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of over 20.6 million tons of CO2 a year.