The order has been placed by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), a Colombian multi-utility focusing on power generation, transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution, wastewater treatment and telecommunications. The company’s power segment has an installed base of 3,250MW, equal to 23.5% of the national installed capacity.

The Los Cururos wind power plant will have an estimated annual production of more than 290,000MWh, […] it will provide enough electricity to cover the residential electricity consumption of more than 550,500 people in Chile.