The 5MW machine is in place at the company’sR&D centre in Alaiz, Spain, with certification scheduled for the finalquarter of this year.

The first commercial deployment of the128-metre-rotor turbine will come in Salo, Finland, after Gamesa delivers threeto developer TuuliWatti later this year.

Signing that deal, Gamesa claimed the 5MW turbines “specifically designed towithstand low temperatures, will be the biggest and most powerful installed todate in the Finnish market”.

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