Vestas receives 39 MW order for the extension of the Carape wind power plant in Uruguay

Vengano S.A. has signed an agreement for the extension of the Carape wind power plant in Uruguay using 13 Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbines.

The wind turbines are scheduled to be delivered from the third quarter of 2014 and commissioned by the first quarter of 2015.

Vestas has been operating in Latin America for the past two decades and has sales and operations offices in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

As of 30 June 2013, Vestas has delivered to the Latin America region wind turbines with a total capacity of 1,150 MW. In 2013, Vestas has announced 221 MW of firm and conditional orders in Uruguay and installed 80 per cent of the entire capacity in the country at the end of 2012.

Vengano S.A. has signed an agreement for the extension of the Carape wind power plant in Uruguay using 13 Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbines. The wind turbines are scheduled to be delivered from the third quarter of 2014 and commissioned by the first quarter of 2015.

In September this year, Fingano S.A. signed a contract for the first 50 MW order for the Carape wind power plant and now Vengano S.A., owned by the same shareholders as Fingano S.A., has signed the contract for the extension of Carape wind power plant. Once installed, the complete Carape wind power plant will have an estimated annual production of more than 440,000 MWh, generating green electricity for 400,000 people in Uruguay, equal to about one third of the population of the city of Montevideo.

The 39 MW contract comprises delivery, installation and commissioning of the turbines, a VestasOnline