The Uruguayan state power company UTE (Usinas y Trasmisiones Electricas) has placed a contract for the installation of the Pampa wind farm. UTE’s project comprises 59 N117/2400 wind turbines, which Nordex will be installing on a turn-key basis.
Following construction of the wind farm, the two companies will continue their partnership on a long-term basis under a premium service contract with a duration of minimum ten years. Nordex will commence infrastructure work on access routes, foundations and cabling etc. in the first half of 2015. The wind farm will go online towards mid of 2016. Nordex will source services and components from a number of local suppliers during the construction as well as the maintenance phase. Pampa is being financed together by KfW IMPEX-Bank and Bayerische Landesbank.
