Vestas receives order for 66 MW in Italy
Company announcement from Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Randers, 18 June 2008 Company announcement No. 31/2008 Vestas receives order for 66 MW in Italy Vestas has received a 66 MW order consisting of 31 units of the V90-2.0 MW turbine and 5 units of the V52-850 kW turbine for the Trapani Salemi project to be installed in Sicily, Italy. The order comprises supply and installation, a VestasOnline™ Business SCADA system as well as a five-year service agreement. The order has been placed by WINDCO Spa, a project company belonging to Electrabel of the SUEZ Group, one of the largest power players and energy traders in Europe. “We are very pleased to receive this new order for Sicily, and we are proud that we will be working together with a cross-border energy player such as Electrabel on this project,” says Juan Araluce, President of Vestas Mediterranean A/S. “We look very much forward to maintaining our business relationship with Electrabel in the future,” Juan Araluce concludes. With a total estimated annual production of approx 180 GWh per year, the Trapani Salemi project will be able to satisfy the electricity needs of 75,000 Italian households, and will save the environment from almost 82,000 tons of CO2 a year. Delivery of the project is scheduled to start in December 2008, and the project will be completed by October 2009. The above order does not affect the Vestas Group's expectations for 2008, cf. Company announcement No. 25/2008 of 8 May 2008. Any questions in relation to the order may be addressed to Mr Juan Araluce, President of Vestas Mediterranean A/S, telephone +34 93 241 98 00, or to Mr Peter Wenzel Kruse, Senior Vice President of Group Communications at Vestas Wind Systems A/S, telephone +45 9730 0000. Yours sincerely Vestas Wind Systems A/S Ditlev Engel President and CEO