Melowind Wind Farm is a 50MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Cerro Largo, Uruguay. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in September 2015. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Enel Green Power, Ferrostaal Industrial Projects and juwi. The project is currently owned by Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure with a stake of 100%.
The project generates 200,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 74,000 households, offsetting 62,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in September 2015.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Administracion Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Electricas under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 50MW.
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Contractors involved
Ferrostaal Industrial Projects was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.
Nordex was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 20 units of N100 (2.5 MW) turbines, each with 2.5MW nameplate capacity.
Nordex is the O&M contractor for the wind power project, commencing from the year 2015.
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About Enel Green Power
Enel Green Power SpA (EGP), a subsidiary of Enel SpA, an energy company that develops and manages activities of energy generation from renewable sources. The company is engaged in the generation of power from wind, geothermal, solar, and hydropower sources. It also has interests in various power plants in under construction and under authorization stages. EGP also has know-how in integrating innovative technologies such as storage systems into renewable power plants. The company serves a range of industries such as food and beverage, automotive, chemical, retail, cement, mining, tech, telecommunication and bank, among others. It operates power plants in South America, Central America, North America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa. EGP is headquartered in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
About juwi
juwi AG (juwi), a subsidiary of MVV Energie AG, is a renewable energy company that offers project development, engineering procurement, and construction services; and products and solutions for the energy turnaround. It offers whole-scale project development services for the planning and construction of on-shore wind farms and PV-plants. The company plans to constructs and develops large-scale solar off-grid plants with more than 1 MW capacity. juwi also provides various energy systems including photovoltaic, batteries or hybrid systems for diesel generators. It serves mining, cement, desalination, commercial and industrial, tourism, and agricultural customers across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. juwi is headquartered in Worrstadt, Germany.
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