The order comes with a three-year Active Output Management 5000 service agreement.
The turbines will be supplied during third-quarter 2015, with Border Winds slated for commissioning by the end of that year.
Vestas’s Colorado factories are “expected to be involved” in the manufacturing of the nacelles, blades and towers that fall under the order.
After completion, the project’s ownership will be transferred from RES Americas to Minnesota-based Xcel Energy.
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