As part of the order, Vestas will provide 132 units of the V90-3MW wind turbine for the Mareña Renovables project that will be located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the south-eastern region of the State of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico.
The turnkey contract also requires the company to provide the entire range of services to build the wind farm, including civil and electrical works, supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines, a VestasOnline Business SCADA system, as well as a 10-year service and maintenance agreement including the Active Output Management package AOM 5000.
Vestas will commence delivery of the turbines in the second quarter of this year.
The AOM 5000 service package is Vestas’ newest service product that optimizes wind power plant output and minimizes customer risk.
Mareña Renovables is owned by a consortium comprising Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund, Mitsubishi Corp and PGGM.
The project’s power generation will be bought by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, an operating company of Heineken NV and subsidiaries of Fomento Económico Mexicano, SAB de CV under 20-year power purchase agreements.
