The turbines -- 26 Gamesa G5X-850 models -- will be delivered to Licodia Eubea windpark in the Sicilian region of Catania.

The Gamesa deal comprises the turbines, installation and start-up, and future operation and maintenance. Assembly work will commence in first-quarter 2009.

The deal marks Gamesa’s first with Alerion, though it has already installed more than 760MW of windpower in Italy.

Gamesa ranks among the world’s largest turbine makers, with a global market share of 15% in 2007.