Wood Group GTS has been awarded multiple 10-year contracts for operations, maintenance and management services for three wind power generation projects developed and owned by subsidiaries of Cielo Wind Power, LP, of Austin, Texas.

Wood Group GTS will provide wind turbine services for the Texico Wind Ranch(R), Lubbock Wind Ranch and an additional project in the final stages of development. These agreements cover three Vestas V-47 660kW wind turbines at Texico and three Samsung Heavy Industries 2.5MW wind turbines at Lubbock. The completed development project will have approximately 34 wind turbines of greater than 2 MW output each.

Mitch Robinson, president of Wood Group GTS - Renewable Energy, stated,"Alignment with a proven developer such as Cielo is an ideal relationship whereby Wood Group GTS's services will include technical and operational risk management, enhancing the value of Cielo s projects. This agreement marks a significant step for Wood Group GTS as we apply our extensive experience of power generation facility operations and maintenance and technical knowledge to serve the renewable energy industry."

Walt Hornaday, president of Cielo, said, "Cielo is pleased to team with Wood Group GTS. We view them as an ideal service provider due to their partnership approach and ability to manage facility risks. We are confident that Wood Group GTS will enhance the value of our projects and look forward to the possibility of Wood Group GTS providing additional services on Cielo s project pipeline of approximate 4,000MW."

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