Gamesa has signed two new contracts, awarded through an international tender, with the New Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), for the construction of two wind farms (241MW) in Zafarana, Egypt, on the shores of the Red Sea.
The scope of these contracts, drawn up as turnkey arrangements, covers the supply of 284 wind turbines as well as their operation and maintenance. Assembly work on the wind power installation is set to begin in the second half of 2008. These projects will also have a local component, as the towers for the wind turbines are to be built in Egypt, with subcontracting of the civil engineering and electrical work for the wind farms and their accesses and roads. The subscription of these two new contracts, are worth more than € 279 million.