Gamesa has achieved a new milestone, having secured a contract for the installation of Asia’s tallest wind turbines in Thailand. With towers reaching 153 meters high (roughly half the height of New York’s Chrysler Building), these turbines are the longest ever supplied by Gamesa. The blades will be 56-m, and they will reach a total height from ground to blade tip of around 210 m.
Gamesa will deliver 33 turbines for the 67.5 MW wind farm in Thailand that include tower 153 meters tall, the tallest installed by the manufacturer to date.
The project, owned by the company Gunkul Engineering PCL, will include the installation of 33 turbines with total capacity of 67.5 MW at the Sarahnlom wind farm. The include 18 units of Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW model and 15 of the G114-2.1 MW. The project is being built by the developer PowerChina ZhongNan in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, in central Thailand.
“In designing such tall towers, which are almost 30 meters taller than is usual for this model, and at a competitive cost, Gamesa’s R&D team has achieved a major technological feat,” said Juan Diego Díaz, Marketing Director. “On the one hand, we reduce the cost of energy of the complex by boosting total energy output, as the turbines will reach heights at which the wind blows harder. On the other hand, we are demonstrating once again our ability to respond to what the market needs thanks to the versatility of our turbines.”,
The turbines will be supplied during the first quarter of 2017, and commissioned the following quarter. Gamesa will maintain the complex for the next 10 years.
This is the second order secured by Gamesa in Thailand, having won an order for the supply of 60 MW from this same customer in 2015. In addition to Thailand, Gamesa’s Asian footprint extends to Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, China and India, having installed over 7,760 MW in these markets.
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