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Gamesa, Iberdrola Ingenieria To Build 102MW Wind Farm In Honduras
Published: 03-Aug-2010

A consortium made up of Spanish companies Gamesa and Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construccion has received a contract to build a 102MW wind farm, known as Cerro de Hula, in Honduras.
Gamesa controls 76% of the venture, while Iberdrola Ingenieria controls the remaining 24%. The customer of the wind farm is Mesoamerica Energy, a developer of renewable energy projects in Central America and neighbouring countries via its local subsidiary.

The wind project has a 20-year PPA contract with Honduras' Empresa Nacional de Energía Electrica, and will be financed with funds from the US Export-Import Bank and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The contract to build the wind farm calls for a turnkey project with scheduled completion in 18 months. The new wind farm will consist of 51 Gamesa G87-2MW wind turbines.

The contract includes electricity grid interconnection, land accesses to the site, civil works, transport and electromechanical erection of the wind turbines. In addition, it includes maintenance services for a period of two years from the date the wind farm begins operating.

For Gamesa, the scope of the contract encompasses the manufacture, supply, transport and erection of the wind turbines, including supervision and start-up of the turbines. Meanwhile, Iberdrola Ingenieria will design and build the wind turbine foundations, access roads and erection platforms.

Iberdrola Ingenieria will also be responsible for construction of the site's operation and maintenance building and the design and execution of a system for exporting the wind farm's energy to the grid.