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Wind power
Gamesa lands 200-MW Egyptian tender
23-12-2011The Spanish technologist continues to triumph in the Egyptian market, where it recently drew bids from the world's major turbine manufacturers and was awarded the tender to deliver 200 MW of onshore turbines for projects in the Gulf of Suez, which had been put up for bidding.
The contract strengthens Gamesa's position in the Egyptian market, where it has already supplied 406 MW of the total 550 MW of accumulated wind capacity in operation. Gamesa was also awarded the contract to supply, install and commission 200 MW of capacity in the Egyptian tender process last July. According to the conditions of the tender, the new project - known as the Gulf of El-Zayt project located on the Red Sea coast - will be constructed by Gamesa through a turnkey contract.
The Spanish multinational said in a press release that the wind farm would be comprised of a 100 of its G80-2.0 MW turbines. The company headquartered in the Basque Country will perform turbine assembly, erection and start-up services and provide operation and maintenance services for at least the first five years of the facility's useful life. Manufacturing the turbines destined for this contract will begin in 2012, with delivery scheduled over the course of 2013.
The public tender was held by the Egyptian state energy regulator, New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), and forms part of the renewable energy plan launched in July. This plan establishes a target of 7.2 GW of wind capacity installed between now and 2020 (there are currently 550 MW). In doing so, Egypt aims to continue to lead the transition to clean energy among its African neighbours, as well as achieving a 20% renewable share in its electricity mix.
The Gulf of El-Zayt project is financed by multilateral funding from Germany's kfW Development Bank, the European Investment Bank and the European Union via the Neighbourhood Investment Facility.
Gamesa has operated in Egypt since 2003, when it signed its first contract to supply wind turbines to the Zafarana wind farm. As well as having installed 406 MW of capacity in Egypt, it currently handles maintenance services at four wind farms there. Gamesa has installed around 800 MW in the North of Africa, and currently operates in Morocco and Tunisia. It is currently building 103 MW in this latter country.
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