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Vestas wins 54MW multibrand

service agreement in the Philippines

PHILLIPINES VESTAS has secured an agreement with Vena to the long-term asset life extension of our pro-
Energy to service 54 MW of Gamesa-built tur- jects and ensures that the Pililla wind project
bines at the Pililla Wind Project in Philippines. continues to contribute to the livelihood of our
The agreement is Vestas’ first full scope mul- host communities, while enhancing the effi-
ti-brand service deal in the country, leveraging ciency and profitability of our project in the
its experience from servicing 3.6 GW of Gamesa Philippines”, said Samrinder Nehria, head of
turbines globally, including in Taiwan in the Vena Energy Philippines.
Asia-Pacific region. “Vena Energy is a trusted partner and we look
Located 50 kilometres east of the capital city, forward to helping them achieve the best possi-
Manila, the Pililla wind project was commis- ble return on investment from their Gamesa
sioned in 2015 and comprises 27 Gamesa G90- fleet”, said Clive Turton, president of Vestas
2.0-MW turbines. Asia-Pacific region.
Under the agreement, Vestas will commence “This agreement marks a further expan-
a 5-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM sion of our service portfolio in the Asia-Pacific
5000) service agreement, designed to maximise region and continues to show why Vestas is the
the wind farm’s energy production. With a yield- leading fleet-wide service partner in the wind
based availability guarantee for turbines and energy industry. Vestas currently services more
services for balance of plant assets, the agree- than 8 GW of non-Vestas turbines, comprising a
ment will provide Vena Energy with improved number of major wind turbine brands. This deal
certainty of return on its wind asset investment. further bolsters our global multi-brand service
“This agreement highlights our commitment portfolio, the world’s largest.”™

Chinese to build 900MW solar project in UAE

CHINA SAUDI Arabia’s ACWA Power has appointed track” between the two companies.
China’s Shanghai Electric as the engineering, Meanwhile, Jinko Power Technology Co
procurement and construction (EPC) contrac- announced that, along with its bidding partner
tor for the 900MW fifth phase of the Moham- EDF Renewables, it had been awarded the Al
med bin Rashid solar farm in Dubai. Dhafra Project, the world’s largest standalone
Shanghai Electric will deliver the $564m pro- solar photovoltaic (PV) Plant in Abu Dhabi. A
ject in three phases, with a construction period 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) was
of 12 months for each 300MW stage. previously signed by the consortium with Emir-
The EPC deal comes three months a power ates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), a
purchase agreement was signed between Dubai leading company in the co-ordination of plan-
Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and ning, purchasing and providing of water and
the development consortium led by ACWA electricity across the UAE.
Power. According to ACWA Power, the project With an expected production capacity of 2
will be the first utility-scale PV plant to operate GW, the Al Dhafra Solar PV Project will almost
remotely with no manpower on site. double the size of the approximately 1.2 GW
ACWA Power chairman Mohammad Abu- Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant, which was awarded
nayyan said: “As we move swiftly forward with to Marubeni Corp and Jinko in 2017, and began
implementation, the signing of the EPC agree- commercial operations in April 2019.
ment between ACWA Power and Shanghai Elec- The Al Dhafra Solar PV Project will increase
tric represents a crucial milestone in the delivery Abu Dhabi’s total solar power generation capac-
of phase five of the Mohammed Bin Rashid solar ity to approximately 3.2 GW, reducing CO2
park, which comprises both photovoltaic and emissions by more than 3.6 million tpy. In June
concentrated solar power technologies and will 2019, EWEC launched a call for tenders. The
have a total capacity of around 5GW. JinkoPower- EDF Renewables consortium
In 2019, ACWA and Shanghai Electric signed submitted the most cost-competitive tariff of
an MOU for joint development of renewables US$0.135/kWh on a levelised cost of electricity
projects worldwide. Shanghai Electric chairman (LCOE) basis, which is approximately 44% lower
Zheng Jianhua said the latest project would be than tariff set by Jinko Consortium three years
“another milestone in the bilateral cooperative ago on the Noor Abu Dhabi project. ™

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