Iberdrola lends maintenance of 4,425 megawatts wind capacity in the Iberian Peninsula

Through its subsidiary, Iberdrola Renovables Energía S.A.U, Iberdrola has completed tendering process for the maintenance of its wind turbine fleet namely 4,425 megawatts operated in the Iberian Peninsula.

The agreement pegged at €110 million and duration between two to three years. As far as the tendering process is concerned, significant winners are Vestas and Gamesa who will initiate preventive,predictive and corrective maintenance for 2,190 MW and 1,265 MW respectively at wind farms i  Spain and Portugal.  Iberdrola will hire the services of Basque companies Ingeteam (233.3 MW) and Tamoin (421 MW), the Galician company IM Future (218 MW) and the Portuguese company Efacec (96.9 MW).

Iberdrola tendered two types of services: basic maintenance, for a two-year period, and the risk service for three years which includes preventive and small corrective maintenance in addition to consumables, spare parts and predictive maintenance of oil use. The selection of bids took into account several factors like safety, technical expertise and commercial competitiveness.

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