The CEO of Vestas, Anders Runevad, has joined other executives from Acciona Energia, Alstom, Enercon, ERG Renew, and RES urging the European Union (EU) to impose ambitious renewable energy targets. The CEO’s broadly welcomed the EU Commission’s commitment to a post-2020 climate and energy policy at a “2030 EuropeBusiness” event in Brussels but noted that the policy should have been more ambitious.
“That is why we encourage EU Heads of State to support the European Parliament’s call for binding national renewable energy targets as well as at least a 30 percent overall target” said Mr Rundevad. “Doing so will contribute to increasing EU employment, energy security, and technology leadership. Existing policy commitments have helped us to reduce the cost of energy up to now. Further reducing the cost of energy requires the investment certainty that an ambitious, long-term EU policy commitment provides. Let’s not stop before crossing the finish line.”
The six companies are part of a coalition of 91 companies and associations that have signed a business statement calling for a strong 2030 framework and targets.
In other developments, Vestas has also signed an order for seven V90-3.0MW wind turbines for the Tilawind wind farm in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste province. Delivery of the turbines will begin in the third quarter of 2014 with commissioning expected in the fourth quarter of 2014. The contract for the project covers delivering and commissioning, a Vestas Online SCADA system and a ten-year Active Management Output (AOM) 5000 service agreement. The order was placed by the Tilawind Corporation which is owned by Costa Rican corporation New Tessela together with Gruman Resources, both of which are dedicated to the development of renewable energy projects in Costa Rica. The wind farm will have an estimated annual production of 89,000 MWh, displacing around 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually and providing enough electricity for almost 125,000 people in Costa Rica.
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