Major contracts were awarded to the German company Repower and to the Spanish company Gamesa. Repower will supply turbines for a total capacity of 263MW to be installed in France (158MW) and Italy (105MW). Gamesa will provide the remaining 289MW of capacity for projects in Spain (214MW) and Italy (75MW). The individual capacity of each turbine ranges between 2MW and 2.5MW. Delivery of the turbines is scheduled to take place between 2009 and 2011.
Enel has launched a program aimed at developing renewable energy sources through a portfolio of investments totaling E6.8 billion. The program will increase the group’s total capacity from plants utilizing the power of water (excluding major hydroelectric facilities), wind, sun and the natural heat of the earth from 3,112MW at the end of 2007 to 7,382MW by the end of 2012.
In Italy, installed capacity will increase by more than 80%, from 1,536MW at the end of 2007 to 2,781MW at the end of 2012. In Spain it will jump by 150%, from 360MW to 897MW, while in France it will reach 504MW in 2012. Enel’s worldwide installed wind capacity is planned to increase from 857MW at the end of 2007 to 4,752MW at the end of 2012.
