Vestas has received an 86MW order from Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to repower the Solano Wind Project Phase 4 wind farm in California, USA.
The order consists of 19 V150-4.5MW wind turbines, which will replace the site’s current legacy V47-660kW wind turbines.
With this order, the collective Solano Wind Project will have a total capacity of about 300MW.
President of Vestas North America president Laura Beane said: “Repowering wind turbines is an efficient solution to extend the life of a wind project, and we’re thrilled SMUD is partnering with Vestas once again on the Solano 4 project phase and utilising our proven 4MW platform technology to bring renewable energy to the greater Sacramento area.”
SMUD chief zero carbon officer Lora Anguay said: “SMUD has long partnered with Vestas, a world leader in sustainable technologies, to produce wind power generation at the Solano Wind Farm.
“The retooling and expansion of the Solano Wind Farm will further boost SMUD’s clean energy mix with proven clean energy technologies and is a step forward in our vision of eliminating all carbon emissions from the region’s power supply by 2030.”
The order includes a full Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contract.
Vestas will provide a full turn-key solution with delivery, installation, and commissioning of the turbines.
The order also includes a 10-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance of the asset.
Vestas also extended its multi-year service agreements for the Solano 2 and Solano 3 project phases at the same site.
Turbine delivery for Solano 4 begins in the fourth quarter of 2023 with commissioning scheduled for the second quarter of 2024.