Vestas to supply 206 MW of wind turbines to Australia

April 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Wind


Vestas is to supply 111 V90-1.8 and V90-2.0 wind turbines to Australia for the Collgar project, located about 25 km southeast of Merredin (Western Australia). The wind farm, being developed by Collgar Wind Farm Pty Ltd, is going to have 206 MW of installed capacity. This supply deal represents the largest single order Vestas has ever received for the Australian market.

Along with the turbines, Vestas is to provide full engineering and procurement, as well as ten years of service and maintenance. Additionally, it will also provide VestasOnline Business SCADA as part of the agreement. The first units are expected to arrive in Q2 and Q3 of 2010. The whole wind farm is expected to become operational with full capacity sometime in the second half of 2012.

[source: Vestas]