Vestas has won a turbine order totalling 34MW for the Haramsfjellet wind farm on the island of Haramsoya in western Norway from Taaleri Energia’s SolarWind II fund.
The deal covers supply, installation and commissioning of eight V136-4.2MW turbines, as well as a 27-year active output management 5000 service agreement.
Turbine delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020, while commissioning is planned for the fourth quarter of that year.
Haramsfjellet will deliver about 112 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year once operational and will also feature a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution to lower turbine downtime and optimise the energy output.
Vestas Northern & Central Europe vice president sales North and West Christer Baden Hansen said: “With this order, Taaleri Energia, and our long-term development partner Zephyr, are showing full confidence in the efficiency of our 4MW platform technology.
“By deploying our V136-4.2MW turbine, which is well-suited to ensure optimised performance in this site’s rough wind conditions, the Haramsfjellet project achieves a very competitive levelised cost of energy.”
Taaleri Energia managing director Kai Rintala said: “We are very satisfied with the second investment from the Taaleri SolarWind II fund.
“This investment in Norwegian wind is underpinned by the availability of commercial offtake contracts in one of the world’s most liquid power markets.
“Working together on this project with high quality partners such as Zephyr and Vestas demonstrates the value of our developer relationships and in-house technical expertise.”
Zephyr chief executive Olav Rommetveit said: “After 21 years of development of the Haram wind farm project we are delighted to finally build the project.
“Great cooperation with Taaleri, Vestas and other suppliers, consultants and local landowners has made this possible.
“We are strongly committed in the role as both construction and asset manager of the project.
“We look forward to bring the project through construction and operation in order to assure a successful project.”