Gamesa will deliver 19 2MW turbines to the five projects. Developer REG said the sites would be online by the end of 2016. According to REG, Gamesa has also agreed a "long-term" servicing arrangement.
The projects to be powered by Gamesa's turbines are: the 12MW Hallburn Farm in Cumbria, north-west England; the 12MW Mynydd Portef in Wales; the 6MW Brackagh Quarry in Northern Ireland, the 4MW Rodbaston site in Staffordshire, central England; and the 4MW French Farm, near Peterborough in eastern England.
REG said the projects, costing £48 million (€65 million), would help to double its wind portfolio to 72.7MW.
According to “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç Intelligence, the data division of “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç, Gamesa provided turbines to REG's 6MW Burnthouse Farm project in Cambridgeshire, eastern England. The site was commissioned in 2013.
It is Gamesa's second UK deal within a month. At the end of May, Gamesa was awarded a contract by Scottish Power to supply the 239MW Kilgallioch project in Scotland.