The Spanish energy giant’s Iberdrola Ingenieria subsidiary will handle EPC and start-up of the plant, as well as building a substation and 40km power line linking it to the grid.

San Marcos – sited 140km from capital Tegucigalpa and near the Nicaraguan border – will use 25 Gamesa G90 wind turbines.

The turnkey contract awarded to the two Spanish groups by plant owner Grupo Terra is worth €62m ($84.4m),