The lifting and the installation of the 22 E-92 wind turbines of the Cerro Grande Wind Farm were completed on the first quarter of July.
The ENERCON wind energy converter installed in Cerro Grande presents a hub height of 98 metres. The turbine is mounted on a concrete tower of 18 segments and 2 steel sections on top. The concrete segments were produced in the plant located in Peralta, Tacuarembó.
With the lifting and the assembly of the turbines completed, the works are heading to the internal cabling and components installation in the following months.

Female and male workers of the Cerro Grande Wind farm joined the celebrations for the International Women Day on the 8th of March to support equal professional opportunities and to the fight against gender-based violence.
The initiative came from the female workers of the company responsible for the wind farm construction, who decided to dress in black and wear a purple ribbon to show support for gender equality and the fight against discrimination and gender-based violence. One of the female workers said: “We wanted to contribute somehow to this movement and not ignore such an important day for all of us as women”.
They elaborated pamphlets, with information about this important day and the initiative, which were handed in to their male colleagues at the entrance of the construction site. The workers also had the opportunity of grabbing a purple ribbon or armband to join the celebration. The outcome was very positive as all the male workers joined the initiative.

Last Friday 25th of November the first E-Modules were transported from the Port of Montevideo to Cerro Grande. The E-module is the component of the turbine that is borne by the tower base. Its main function is to transform direct current into alternating current that conforms to grid requirements.
The convoy for these components has adapted its route in order to avoid crossing the city of Melo. Therefore, at Treinta y Tres, it takes Routes 17 and 18 towards North to meet Route 26. From there, it heads straight to the construction site.
Weekly transports of concrete tower segments remain circulating from Tacuarembó through Route 5 and Route 26 to the wind farm.

Last week the first concrete segments were delivered to Cerro Grande Wind Farm. This first shipment was done in several days in which 21 segments were delivered in convoys of 2 trucks each.
From now on, it is expected to organize a weekly delivery of segments until the end of this year. This week the shipment of 25 segments more took place, reaching the amount of 46 segments already allocated in site.
The segments are placed on the wind turbine’s platforms as well as in a specifically reserved store area before their final destination.
It is expected to ship weekly about 27 segments, the equivalent to one and a half tower.