Siemens Gamesa has signed its first turbine contract with Turkish energy investor Kinesis Enerji in Spain for a 50MW wind farm in the north of the country.
The wind farm will be equipped with 10 Siemens Gamesa 5.0-145 machines and is expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2024.
The contract also includes the maintenance of the turbines for a period of 25 years.
The construction of the wind farm will also boost the activity of Siemens Gamesa’s plants in Spain, as the 10 nacelles will be assembled at the Agreda, Soria, plant.
Gearboxes will be produced at the factories at Asteasu in Guipúzcoa, Lerma in Burgos and the city of Burgos.
Electrical components will be produced at the factories at Reinosa in Cantabria, San Fernando de Henares in Madrid and Benisano in Valencia.
Siemens Gamesa Spain managing director Javier Fernández-Combarro said: “It is great news we have signed this contract with Kinesis Enerji, the first in Spain and the second globally, as I believe this will strengthen our relationship and trigger many more agreements in the future.
“The wind farm adds new capacity for Siemens Gamesa in Spain, where we have signed four different contracts in the last quarter totaling more than 200MW.
“Once installed, this will add to the 15 GW we already have in Spain, and help consolidate our leadership in the country.”
Kinesis Enerji chief executive and chairman Hasan Inaloglu said: “We are happy that we achieved another important milestone and took a big step towards the realisation of our first project in Spain, which we acquired in 2019 and was brought to ready-to-build status successfully.
“This project is not only an investment for our company, but also it will be an asset to help the Spanish households benefit from clean energy at affordable prices while reducing dependency on imported fossil fuels, a hot crucial topic that needs to be addressed efficiently and promptly due to the rising concerns over the global energy markets.
“The agreement marks our second cooperation with Siemens Gamesa following the first fruitful one we made for our previous investment in Turkey.
“Siemens Gamesa has been a reliable partner of us for many years and this cooperation will also serve to improve our strong relationship.”