Gamesa on shortlist to supply offshore turbines to Wikinger

Spanish developer Iberdrola has shortlisted turbine manufacturers for its planned 400MW €1.6bn ($2bn) Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

Iberdrola intends to use 5MW turbines and Spain’s Gamesa is known to be one of the shortlisted manufacturers. Wikinger’s timing would allow Gamesa to supply its new G11X offshore turbines, which should be ready for serial production by 2015. Iberdrola owns 20% of Gamesa, and officials have told Recharge they are keen to work with its new offshore platforms.

Iberdrola has not revealed its shortlist, but France’s Areva and Germany’s REpower are able to supply 5MW offshore machines.

Iberdrola said last week it has started Log in to read complete article.

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