All Turbines Commissioned in Honduras!

During the last few days of October, the Cerro de Hula project team successfully commissioned and connected to the grid all 51 2.0 MW turbines.  The team will continue to test and adjust the system before commercial operation officially begins in January 2012.

Cerro de Hula is the first wind plant in Honduras and the largest wind plant in the Central American region. The wind plant consists of 51 x 2 MW Gamesa G87 wind turbines and will supply the national utility company, Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica under a 100 MW, 20-year power purchase agreement.

The facility is being constructed by the Gamesa Wind US LLC and Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción Mexico consortium. Commercial operation is scheduled for January 2012, with all aspects of the project being completed during the first quarter of 2012. Located 24 km south of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the municipalities of Santa Ana and San Buenaventura, the greater project area is spread over approximately 6,500 hectares.