Eolus North America Inc. has signed an agreement with Vestas for the delivery of up to 13 wind turbines, capable of producing up to 47 MW, for phase one of the Wind Wall project in California.
The repowering project, located near Tehachapi, will comprise V126 models, each with a capacity of 3.45-3.8 MW.
According to Hans-Christian Schulze, country manager of Eolus North America, the project was “one of California’s first commercial wind farms.” It was built roughly 35 years ago with Vestas machines.
Eolus North America has a 60% membership interest in Wind Wall Development LLC. In January 2017, Eolus North America – which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eolus Vind AB of Sweden – teamed up with with ZCF Wind Wall LLC for the joint venture, which is focused on developing wind projects in the Western U.S.
Commercial operation is planned for 2020. A 10-year, full-service agreement has also been signed with Vestas.
“Based on a more than 25-year-long relationship with Vestas in Europe, we are glad to be able to start construction of the Wind Wall Phase 1 project using proven Vestas technology,” says Per Witalisson, CEO of Eolus. “The new wind farm will produce over three times the electricity than the almost 400 old turbines that it will replace. This is a fantastic illustration of the technological development of the wind industry in just three decades.”
Eolus has also signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) for the project.
This is the second Vestas wind farm that Eolus has developed that will power AWS. A project that Eolus is currently constructing in Sweden is also covered by a PPA with AWS.
