Construction of New Wind Farm Begins in Nicaragua

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Infima Renovables, a company that has decided to expand its operations to Latin America, has just signed an agreement of outsourcing with Lacayo Fiallos Construction Company to design the project, conduct studies, supervise the construction and purchase the equipments for this Nicaraguan wind farm, dubbed "La Fé-San Martin".

This project will start next week with the arrival of a team of engineers from INFIMA to Managua and the wind farm should start operating in September of 2011.

The wind farm La Fé-San Martin is composed by 22 Vestas 1.8 wind turbines capable of 1.8 MW each one, that have already been purchased.

For its Latin-American development, Infima Renovable has hired Cuban Engineer Ronys Rivero Rodriguez which, as Manager, will be responsible for opening these new markets.

Source: Worldpressrelease.es

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