Wind turbine maker Gamesa (GAM.MC) signed a 10-year exclusive supply agreement for all wind farms being developed in Baja California by Cannon Power.
Gamesa also will provide additional support and maintenance services,
and limited development services.
Cannon Power Group’s development pipeline in Mexico’s Baja California
currently totalling 1,000 megawatts (MW) at various stages of
development.
Aubanel Wind, the first wind project, will start with the development of 70 MW to 100 MW in phase one. Groundbreaking at this wind farm is scheduled to occur sometime in the next 12 months, with additional construction taking place over the next three to four years, with planned installed capacity totalling 500 MW in this first phase.
Aubanel Wind Project will be one of the largest wind power sites in North America, consisting of over 140 square miles. It is located near the town of La Rumorosa, approximately 60 miles east of San Diego and 15 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border.
This area is a hotbed for wind development. Earlier this month Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) announced it will be the location for the first stage of a $5.5 billion investment in Baja wind power
Gamesa is a Spanish company that started operations in the US in 2005. It has two manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania supporting 1,000 wind jobs, and a combined production capacity of 1,200 MW.
Gamesa is also involved in the development, construction and sale of wind farms, having installed over 3,600 MW, and it owns a portfolio of 22,000 MW of wind farms at varying stages of development in Europe, America and Asia.
San Diego-based Cannon Power Group has developed constructed, operated and maintained more than 30 utility-scale wind energy projects in the U.S., India, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece and Croatia.
Currently, Cannon has over 3,000 megawatts of wind projects and over 1,500 megawatts of solar projects in various stages of development in Europe and western North America.
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