Gamesa to deliver 8 MW for wind power project in New Zealand

Zamudio, Spain - Gamesa is to supply nine Gamesa G52-850 kW, i.e. a total installed capacity of 7.65 MW, to Pioneer Generation Ltd. for the Mount Stuart wind farm in New Zealand.

The wind farm is located 15 km east of Milton, in Otago, at the south-east end of the New Zealand's South Island. The contract includes manufacturing and shipping the generators and supervising installation and commissioning. The wind farm is scheduled to become operational in 2011. The 7.65 MW windfarm would be producing electricity to be fed into the grid through the Otagonet network by December 2011.

This contract, Gamesa's first with Pioneer Generation Limited, is also its first in the Asia-Pacific wind power market and reflects the company's strategy of tapping new markets and new customer categories. New Zealand has an ambitious renewable energy plan under which 90% of power generation should be from renewable sources by 2025.

Source: IWR Online, Jan 01 2011