The company said that this contract will enable its subsidiary to consolidate its position as a builder of wind farms in Mexico. It has a major share in the consortium which is to undertake the work, with Global Energy Services Mexico (GES) holding the remaining 49.7%.
The two companies have been commissioned to carry out the turnkey project by Gesa Eolica Mexico. It includes engineering and public works, the installation of wind turbines and other infrastructures, such as a medium voltage grid and transformer stations. The consortium will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the wind farm during the guarantee period.
The Piedra Larga facility, in the municipality of Union Hidalgo, will be developed in two stages. The first stage, which amounts to 90MW of installed capacity, is expected to be completed by mid-March next year. The second stage, in which the remaining 138MW will be completed one year later, on March 15, 2012.
Iberdrola Ingenieria has already built two wind farms in Mexico (La Venta II with 83.3MW of installed capacity and La Ventosa with 80MW) and is developing a third, La Venta III, which will have an installed capacity of 102.85MW.
The subsidiary has also undertaken major distribution grid projects in Mexico in recent years. In mid-2009 it was awarded a contract in Mexico, amounting to $160m, to expand and modernize the electricity infrastructures of the states of Veracruz and Chiapas.
These major projects bolster its position in Latin America, where it is developing energy engineering projects in Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela valued at approximately EUR680m, the company said.
