Power Performance Verification Tests at Red Sea Wind Farm

At Barlovento Applus+, we carried out the Power Performance Verification Tests at the Red Sea Wind Farm, a 650 MW onshore wind project owned by Red Sea Wind Energy, a consortium formed by ENGIE, Toyota Tsusho, Eurus and Orascom.

We conducted the testing campaign on four wind turbines manufactured by Goldwind, including the GW165 (6 MW) model and the GWH182-7.5 MW model. The latter corresponds to Goldwind’s latest and highest-capacity onshore wind turbine platform.

The Power Performance Verification Tests presented significant technical challenges due to the site’s desert climate, characterized by strong day–night wind variations, combined with regional wind patterns influenced by the Red Sea, which affect the entire area.

We built on our previous experience in the region, having already carried out Power Performance Tests at the Ras Ghareb Wind Farm, a 262 MW project comprising 125 wind turbines. That project marked our first collaboration with the same consortium of ENGIE, Toyota Tsusho, Eurus and Orascom in the area.

This testing campaign at the Red Sea Wind Farm further reinforced Barlovento Applus+’s role as an independent technical expert in wind turbine performance verification under complex environmental conditions.