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Gamesa to Install Asia

Zamudio, Spain - Gamesa has achieved a new milestone, having secured a contract for the installation of Asia

With towers stretching 153 metres high - 18 units of the G114-2.0 MW model and 15 of the G114-2.1 MW - the turbines will also be the longest every supplied by Gamesa.

More specifically, the project, owned by the company Gunkul Engineering PCL, will imply the installation of 33 turbines with total capacity of 67.5 MW at the Sarahnlom wind farm being built by the developer PowerChina ZhongNan in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, in central Thailand.

All of the turbines at this wind complex will be equipped with 153-metre tall towers; factoring in its 56-metre blades, they will reach a total height from ground to blade tip of around 210 metres.

"In designing such tall towers, which are almost 30 metres taller than is usual for this model, and at a competitive cost, Gamesa



Source: IWR Online, Sep 09 2016