Vientos de Pastorale is a 52.8MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Flores, Uruguay. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2017.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Onshore 52.8 52.8 Active Flores, Uruguay Cobra Energia; Vientos de Pastorale

Description

The project was developed by Cobra Energia and Vientos de Pastorale. Bow Power and Sowitec Group are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 90% and 10% respectively.

The project generates 223GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 80,000 households. The project cost is $108.362m.

The project has 119m high towers.

Development Status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in 2017.

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.

Contractors Involved

Vestas Wind Systems was selected to render EPC services for the wind power project.

Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 16 units of V126-3.3 MW – IEC IIIA turbines, each with 3.3MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project for a period of 10 years.

About Cobra Energia

Cobra Energia is a Spanish construction company. It offers a wide range of engineering, procurement and construction services to build wind farms and thermo solar power plants. The company operates wind facilities with an installed capacity of 1,620 MW. It is a group company of Grupo Cobra, which is a subsidiary of Actividades de Construccion y Servicios S.A. Cobra Energia is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Methodology

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