PROJECTS: Denmark’s Vestas awarded EPC contract for Gulf of Suez wind power project in Egypt

  • Date: 04-Oct-2020
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Gulf
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PROJECTS: Denmark’s Vestas awarded EPC contract for Gulf of Suez wind power project in Egypt

Global wind energy company Vestas announced last week that it has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the 252-megawatt (MW) Gulf of Suez 1 wind project in Gulf of Suez, EgyptThe Danish company said in a press statement that the contract was awarded by the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA).The project would be jointly financed by the European Investment Bank, KfW, Agence Française de Développement and the European Commission, the statement said, adding that it is planned to be fully operational in 2023.The statement noted that Vestas would supply and install "70 V105-3.45 MW wind turbines in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode" with "a three-year Active Output Management 4000 (AOM 4000) service agreement," capable of maximising the project's annual energy production, while meeting the local tip-height