PARIS, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Boralex Inc.
("Boralex" or the "Company") (TSX: BLX) and Vestas France are
pleased to announce the signing of a 15-year "fleet" service
contract. The contract applies to the assets in Boralex's portfolio
in France that are equipped with
Vestas wind turbines. The agreement began June 1, 2021.
Boralex, a renewable energy pioneer and the largest
independent producer of onshore wind power in France,
will use the expertise of Vestas France to optimize its sites
equipped with wind turbines designed by the Danish manufacturer,
representing approximately 300 MW in operation.
This contract will enable Boralex to benefit from competitive
operating costs and to meet production commitments in line with its
optimization strategy. It will also allow optimal allocation of
Boralex's maintenance teams to its 1 GW of operational assets while
ensuring availability, maximum efficiency and maintaining the
connection to our host regions.
Boralex's teams overseeing operational excellence will continue
to track the performance of all of the company's facilities in
France, including those serviced
by Vestas.
"Over the past 20 years, our teams have built upon their skills
and expertise in the maintenance of our assets to make Boralex a
leader in the wind power industry. These decades of experience have
led us to implement, in partnership with the teams at Vestas
France, a high value-added maintenance strategy that will enable us
to combine agility and performance within the framework of the
Optimization direction in our 2025 Strategic Plan," said
Nicolas Wolff, Vice President and
General Manager of Boralex, Europe.
"We are delighted to have signed this long-term contract with
Boralex. We have always worked on our products and services with a
focus on safety, operational performance and lower energy costs.
This contract is in line with Vestas' strategy and our
organization's presence in France,
which we have strengthened in recent years with new maintenance
centres, a second logistics platform and a high-level internal
training centre, to provide competitive, long-term, turnkey
maintenance services," said Benoit
Gilbert, Director of Service, Western Europe, for Vestas France.
Vestas has operations in 83 countries and services 113 GW of on-
and offshore wind farms. The company is currently the world's
leading wind turbine manufacturer and has a service portfolio of
over 5.7 GW of installed capacity in France.
Learn more about Boralex's operating assets in France
About Boralex
At Boralex, we have been providing affordable renewable energy
accessible to everyone for over 30 years. As a leader in the
Canadian market and France's
largest independent producer of onshore wind power, we also have
facilities in the United States
and development projects in the United
Kingdom. Over the past five years, our installed capacity
has more than doubled to 2.5 GW. We are developing a portfolio of
wind, solar and storage projects of more than 2.7 GW, guided by our
values and our corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach.
Through profitable and sustainable growth, Boralex is actively
participating in the fight against global warming. Thanks to our
fearlessness, our discipline, our expertise and our diversity, we
continue to be an industry leader. Boralex's shares are listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BLX.
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