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Vestas will supply ten V100-2.0MW turbines for a 20MW wind farm being developed by infrastructure firm Elecnor and energy company Isagen \u2013 its first turbine order in Colombia.<\/p>\n
It will also provide operation and maintenance services at the\u00a020MW Guajira I<\/a><\/small><\/span>\u00a0wind farm for 12 years.<\/p>\n The Danish manufacturer is due to deliver the turbines to the site in the northern department of La Guajira before Q2 2021 and then commission the project by Q4.<\/p>\n Vestas claims it has around 11GW of wind installed or under construction in Latin America, but the Guajira order is its first in Colombia.<\/p>\n Nordex supplied turbines for the country\u2019s first and only wind farm.<\/p>\n However, Colombia has since awarded contracts to 1.3GW of wind and solar PV projects through a\u00a0clean energy tender<\/a>\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n The five successful wind farms are all due to be built in La Guajira \u2013 the location of Elecnor and Isagen’s project.<\/p>\n