GES – Global Energy Services begins the assembly of the most powerful wind turbines built and installed so far in Spain, with a capacity of 6.2 MW per turbine, which will be integrated into a wind farm in Aragon.
These are the first Vestas EnVentus V162-6.2 MW wind turbines in Spain, with greater power per turbine and designed with a modular concept that gives greater flexibility in installation, fabrication, maintenance and transport.
The works, which began this June, will be completed by the end of August this year. The project will generate 30 direct jobs, including assembly staff, machinery operators, technicians and risk prevention specialists.
GES – Global Energy Services has signed a total of 20 wind projects for Vestas with a capacity of 349 MW in 2024, in which GES will assemble 111 wind turbines. Of these, 19 are projects in France and the other work is the one being undertaken in Spain.
These contracts confirm that GES is a trusted partner for the turbine manufacturer Vestas thanks to its experience in executing assembly projects, a field in which GES has installed more than 30GW. In fact, Vestas has relied on GES for the execution of these developments based on its capacity to manage large-scale projects, its specialisation in the renewable energy sector and its track record in the installation of wind turbines.
In words of Alberto de Alfonso, director of the installation division of GES – Global Energy Services: ” We are very excited about this project. The fact that a customer like Vestas has trusted GES to assemble its first 5 EnVentus wind turbines in Spain demonstrates the manufacturer’s confidence in our company. Furthermore, this milestone sets the beginning of a new era in the wind energy sector in Spain and Europe, where wind turbines of more than 6MW enable greater capacity and efficiency of wind farms”.
José Luis del Cerro, General Manager of Vestas in Spain, said: “This is the first project of our EnVentus platform in Spain, the most powerful ever installed in our country, and its construction represents an important milestone in our energy transition. Its full-converter technology meets the most demanding requirements of the Spanish grid code and we expect it to play an important role in the coming years”.
