Vestas Wind Systems, Vestas receives order for 36 units of V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for Dutch offshore project

The Vestas Group has received an order for 36 units of V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for an offshore project to be located off the Dutch coast. Vestas will supply the project in collaboration with the Dutch offshore construction company Ballast Nedam. NoordzeeWind, a joint venture between Shell and the Dutch power company Nuon, has placed the order. Construction of the wind power plant will begin in November 2005, and commercial operation is scheduled to take place during the fourth quarter of 2006.