Vestas will supply 75 V100-2.0 MW turbines for the 150 MW Origin wind power plant in Oklahoma, USA.
Vestas and EGP-NA also have signed an agreement for up to an additional 836 MW worth of 2 MW wind turbines of which 200 MW is firm. Deliveries for Origin are expected to occur in mid-2014 with commissioning by the end of that year.
“We’re thankful to work again with a major global company like Enel which has a proven track record of building successful wind-energy projects in this country,” said Chris Brown, President of Vestas’ sales and service division in the United States and Canada. “Our two-megawatt platform features turbines that are reliable, proven workhorses with a very competitive cost of energy. We are confident the V100-2.0 MW turbines will deliver a positive return on investment for Enel.”
Vestas’ factories in Colorado will be involved in manufacturing blades, nacelles and towers for the 350 MW order. To meet customer demand, Vestas is adding more workers at three of its Colorado factories – the blade factory in Windsor as well as the blade and nacelle factories in Brighton. Vestas is recruiting now and expects to add hundreds of production workers in the first half of 2014 in Windsor and Brighton, primarily at the two blade factories. Interested candidates can apply at ElwoodWindJobs.com.
Vestas’ factories in Colorado will be involved in manufacturing blades, nacelles and towers for the 350 MW order. To meet customer demand, Vestas is adding more workers at three of its Colorado factories – the blade factory in Windsor as well as the blade and nacelle factories in Brighton. Vestas is recruiting now and expects to add hundreds of production workers in the first half of 2014 in Windsor and Brighton, primarily at the two blade factories. Interested candidates can apply at ElwoodWindJobs.com.
The Origin project will include a three-year Active Output Management (AOM) 5000 service agreement. AOM 5000 is an energy-based availability guarantee that ensures the turbines are operational when the wind is blowing. This service option includes the VestasOnline® surveillance system that remotely controls and monitors the turbines and predicts potential wear-and-tear issues. This allows Vestas to plan maintenance so the turbines operate with the minimum amount of lost production.
Vestas has previously supplied wind turbines to Enel for three U.S. projects, most recently the 200 MW Caney River wind power plant in Kansas that was commissioned in 2011.
EGP-NA, part of Enel Green Power, is a leading owner and operator of renewable energy plants in North America with projects operating or under development in 21 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.
Since 1979, Vestas has supplied more than 50,000 wind turbines and over 58 GW in 73 countries – 62 percent more than its closest competitor. Vestas entered the U.S. market in 1981, selling its first wind turbine for a project in California. Since then, the company has delivered 12,396 turbines to the United States and 1,419 to Canada. Combined, Vestas’ installed capacity is 13,387 MW in 28 U.S. states and every Canadian province – enough to power about four million households. Vestas employs about 16,000 people worldwide including 2,500 throughout the United States and Canada at four manufacturing facilities in Colorado, service and construction sites, and sales offices. Vestas’ U.S. and Canadian sales and service headquarters is in Portland, Ore., and its global headquarters is in Aarhus, Denmark.
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 350 MW in the USA with a potential of up to 636 MW more.
Additional information about the project
| Customer: | Enel Green Power North America, Inc. |
| Project name: | Undisclosed. |
| Location/Country: | USA |
| Number of MW: | 350 MW |
| Number of turbines/turbine type | 175 2 MW turbines |
| Contract type: | Supply-only |
| Contract scope: | Supply and commissioning of the wind turbines as well as Active Output Management (AOM) 5000 service agreement. |
| Time of delivery | From 2014 through 2015. |
Total year-to-date announced order intake in MW: 4,491 MW, (see vestas.com/investor).