At the end of 2021, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) reported several large contracts for projects in Brazil, the US and Australia that boosted its order book by 829 MW.
As part of a series of end-of-quarter announcements, Vestas said it will deliver an additional 288 MW of turbines for utility Engie Brasil Energia SA’s (BVMF:EGIE3) Serra de Assuarua wind project in Brazil’s Bahia state. The deal follows an order from September 2022 for the 846-MW project's initial phase of 540 MW.
The follow-on order is tied to the supply of 64 units of the V150-4.5 MW machines, which Vestas expects to deliver gradually and bring online from the second half of 2024. A 25-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement is included as well.
Serra de Assuarua is touted as the largest wind project in Latin America.
In the US, the Danish manufacturer will supply, install and commission 48 pieces of the V150-4.5 MW turbines at the Chevelon Butte Wind Farm Phase 2 project in Arizona owned by US power generation group AES Corp (NYSE:AES). The 216-MW scheme will form part of the Chevelon Butte complex, which will have its initial stage completed in the second quarter of 2023.
Vestas expects to deliver the hardware in the second quarter of this year and put it on stream in early 2024. It will oversee the wind farm’s operations under a 10-year AOM 5000 contract.
For an unspecified project in the US, Vestas has bagged an order for 73 MW of turbines that will be used to repower an existing wind farm. The deal, placed by an unnamed customer, calls for it to supply and commission 33 V110-2.0 MW wind turbines in 2.2 MW operating mode and service them over 10 years.
Turbine delivery is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2023, with the wind farm due to go online in the closing quarter of the year.
In Australia, the wind turbine maker booked a 252-MW engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order from a customer whose name was kept under wraps. A total of 42 V162-6.2 MW EnVentus platform turbines in 6.0 MW operating mode will be delivered in the first quarter of 2024.
The Danish firm expects to power up the plant in the last trimester of the same year and then service the hardware for 30 years.
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Vestas wind turbines. Image by: Vestas Wind Systems @LinkedIn.
