Under the contract, Vestas will supply 22 of its V112 3.3MW turbines for the wind farm located in the region of Eider in Schleswig-Holstein.
The deal also covers installation and commissioning of the turbines along with a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution as well as a 15-year full-scope service agreement.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2014 and the wind farm is expected to becommissioned in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Eider wind power plant managing directors Marcus Alexander Rolfs and Gerald Grimmer said, "With 700 local residents investing, this power plant is a successful example for a democratic change in the energy mix.
The wind power plant will produce over 190GWh per year and is enough green energy to cover the
residential electricity consumption of more than 49,000 German four-person-households.
Vestas Central Europe senior vice president sales Hans Vestergaard said, "The citizen-owned wind power plant Eider is a lighthouse project, which shows the potential and competitiveness of our wind energy solutions."
As of December 31, 2013, the company said it has delivered 937 V112-3.0MW turbines worldwide representing a total capacity of more than 2.8GW, and has received over 5GW of firm orders for this model.
Image: Vestas wins order for 72.6MW wind farm in Germany. Photo: Courtesy of Vestas
