Vestas has signed a turbine contract with VRG Wind 060 totalling 18MW for an extension to the Mazara del Vallo wind farm in Sicily, Italy.
The order includes the supply and installation of six V126-3.0MW machines, adding to the 48MW of Senvion turbines already installed at the site.
Both delivery and commissioning are planned for the fourth quarter of 2019.
VRG Wind 060 chief executive Alberto Musso said: “Our merchant project, one of the first ones in the Italian wind sector, leverages on the following positive drivers: a wind farm in operation since 2008 mitigates energy production uncertainties, a new financing scheme which foresees such extension and Vestas’ state-of-the-art technology, which will allow us to better harness wind resources with larger rotors and modern wind turbines.
“We appreciated Vestas’ team for their competences and effort to finalise the agreements in a very short timeframe.”
Vestas vice president of sales for Southern Europe and Turkey Rainer Karan said: “This merchant project underlines how a tailored technical solution and leveraging our market experience and project finance expertise enable a highly competitive business case for our customer.
“As one of Italy’s first merchant projects, it confirms wind energy’s increasing competitiveness and represents a great step on the country’s transition towards renewable energy that we are very proud to be part of.”