Argentina is adding new turbines to its wind farms in Patagonia as part of a government strategy to prepare for increased energy consumption in line with economic recovery in the coming years.
A total of 43 new Danish turbines bought for the wind farms in Patagonia will help generate more than 320 gigawatt hours of electricity a year and reduce Argentina's burden of carbon dioxide emissions by at last 100,000 tons a year, officials said.
The turbines will be supplied by Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems, the company announced. The V90 1.8 megawatt wind turbines will be mounted in the Rawson I wind farm and Rawson II wind farm complex on the outskirts of Rawson in Chubut province.
Officials said they expected the wind farm project to be completed by 2012. Vestas will be responsible for the delivery, transportation, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the wind turbines.
Details of the financing of the deal weren't immediately clear but the order for the turbines was placed by Emgasud S.A., an Argentine company providing services for power generation, distribution and transportation of natural gas.
Emgasud is the largest investor in renewable energy projects in Argentina.
"Emgasud is fully committed to contributing to the diversification of Argentina's energy mix and to continuously protect the environment," said Alejandro Ivanisevich, president of Emgasud S.A.
He said the company would continue to invest in the latest technology for the development of renewable energy projects in the country.
Vestas, meanwhile, is hoping the Argentine project will open new wind energy markets in Latin America. "Dear world, our new wind turbine is for all 6,867,294,312 of you," the company says on its Web site, citing August 2010 global population figures.
The stipulated annual production of electricity from the wind farms will correspond to the current annual residential electricity consumption of 150,000 households in Argentina, officials said.
A total of 43 new Danish turbines bought for the wind farms in Patagonia will help generate more than 320 gigawatt hours of electricity a year and reduce Argentina's burden of carbon dioxide emissions by at last 100,000 tons a year, officials said.
The turbines will be supplied by Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems, the company announced. The V90 1.8 megawatt wind turbines will be mounted in the Rawson I wind farm and Rawson II wind farm complex on the outskirts of Rawson in Chubut province.
Officials said they expected the wind farm project to be completed by 2012. Vestas will be responsible for the delivery, transportation, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the wind turbines.
Details of the financing of the deal weren't immediately clear but the order for the turbines was placed by Emgasud S.A., an Argentine company providing services for power generation, distribution and transportation of natural gas.
Emgasud is the largest investor in renewable energy projects in Argentina.
"Emgasud is fully committed to contributing to the diversification of Argentina's energy mix and to continuously protect the environment," said Alejandro Ivanisevich, president of Emgasud S.A.
He said the company would continue to invest in the latest technology for the development of renewable energy projects in the country.
Vestas, meanwhile, is hoping the Argentine project will open new wind energy markets in Latin America. "Dear world, our new wind turbine is for all 6,867,294,312 of you," the company says on its Web site, citing August 2010 global population figures.
The stipulated annual production of electricity from the wind farms will correspond to the current annual residential electricity consumption of 150,000 households in Argentina, officials said.
