The company was hired to build Deliceto last year by ElceEnergia, and raced to complete the project in six months using 16 of its gearless LTW80turbines, rated at 1.5MW each.

Deliceto, which will be maintained by Leitwind for 15 years,is expected to produce 57GWh of electricity annually, enough for 18,000 Italianhomes.

Based in Sterzing, in the majority German-speaking northernItalian province of South Tyrol, Leitwind has installed more than 250 turbinessince it began serial production in 2007.

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