EDF Will Use Vestas Wind Turbines at Wind Farm in Greece

The French utility giant, EDF, has just announced that their new wind facility to be constructed in Greece will incorporate 19 wind turbines from Vestas Wind Systems. The Paris-based energy firm revealed today that they had made a purchase order with Vestas in order to commission their wind farm in Greece which will generate up to 38 MW of wind energy.

The wind facility, Viotia 2, will be built in Beotia just northwest of the capital city of Athens. Vestas Wind Systems has confirmed that they will supply the 19 turbines which will be installed and commissioned on site.

Earlier in the week, Vestas had announced the construction of an integrated production base which will be located in China. 

The Viotia 2 will be owned by EDF’s subsidy, EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, which currently retains a majority holding in EDF EN Greece and RETD, and will also be held by PPC Renewables, which is a subsidy of a Greek national electric utility called Public Power.

The announcement comes in the wake of EDF announcing last month that they will commission a 13.7 MW Castanet wind farm located in the south of France. The wind farm in France will incorporate turbines built by Enercon, a German-based manufacture.

EDF has been focusing heavily on wind energy and solar power, but also is developing hydroelectric, marine energy, biofuel, biogas, and biomass projects around Europe. The company has also been expanding in North America, and now has announced their seventh project in Greece with the announcement of this new wind farm.