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InfoGrok Energy, a leading Energy industry news and intelligence website is reporting that Vestas, the Denmark-based wind energy company have received a substantial order from Devon Wind Power Ltd, a subsidiary of ESB Wind Development UK.

The order is for delivery of 22 units of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbines to its large scale Fullabrook Wind Farm.

Fullabrook Wind Farm, which is situated between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North Devon area.

The order that has been received has an overall capacity of 66 MW. All the wind turbines ordered as part of the deal will be installed at the site.The delivery of the turbines is scheduled to be completed by a deadline of April 2011. The contract includes (1) supply; (2) installation and; (3) commissioning of the wind turbines. It is estimated that once the wind farm is fully operational, it will provide sufficient electricity for nearly 30,000 domestic consumers in the UK.

Klaus Steen Mortensen, President of Vestas Northern Europe is quoted as saying, “We are very pleased to announce this order.” “When completed, the Fullabrook will become the largest onshore wind farm in England, and it is a landmark in both the development of ESB as one of our key accounts and in their strategic goal of investing EUR 4 billion in renewable generation projects. Vestas looks forward to playing an active role in the achievement of this target.”

When put into full production, Vestas predicts the wind turbines will save the environment from an annual carbon emission count of more than 91,000 tons of CO2 compared with the average generated energy sources such as oil, gas and nuclear in the United Kingdom.
This move will further strengthen the UK coalition governments green credentials amongst environmentalists, the general public and also work as a test bed for future growth of the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom.

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