Vestas confirms 396MW Mexico wind turbine supply deal

A Vestas V90 3MW turbine. The company will supply 132 to the Mexico project

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has confirmed a 396MW sale to Mareña Renovables after being linked with the Mexican development consortium for about a year.

Vestas will supply 132 of its V90 3MW machines for the developer’s project in the Tehuantepec Isthmus region of Mexico’s Oaxaca state, with delivery to begin in the second quarter of 2012.

The contract includes a 10-year service and maintenance agreement. Mareña Renovables comprises Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund, Mitsubishi Corporation and PGGM, a Dutch pension fund.

Vestas says the sale takes its firm orders for 2012 to 865MW.

Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi announced last month that it is buying a 34% stake in the $1bn project, and said Vestas had been…

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