Vestas has announced the establishment of its first assembly facility and a new operations cluster in Brazil, both to be located in a new facility of 10,000 square meters, including building and land, in Fortaleza in the State of Ceara.
The new assembly facility will be dedicated to assembly of nacelles. The assembly facility is expected to start operations in Q4 2011. When fully operational, the facility will have an annual production capacity of approximately 400 nacelles of the V90 and V100 turbine type representing an initially estimated annual capacity of 800MW. Vestas will also establish a new operations cluster consisting of three centres dedicated to service and maintenance activities, training, as well as spare parts and supply chain activities.
The new assembly facility will be dedicated to assembly of nacelles. The assembly facility is expected to start operations in Q4 2011. When fully operational, the facility will have an annual production capacity of approximately 400 nacelles of the V90 and V100 turbine type representing an initially estimated annual capacity of 800MW. Vestas will also establish a new operations cluster consisting of three centres dedicated to service and maintenance activities, training, as well as spare parts and supply chain activities.
