Downer wins $100m WA wind farm contract

Infrastructure company Downer EDI say it has won new contracts worth $300 million, including a $100 million contract for the design of wind turbine generators for the Collgar wind farm in Western Australia.

Downer's engineering division will be responsible for the design of 111 wind turbine generators at the $750 million wind farm, which was earlier this month granted an electricity generation licence.

The wind farm has enough capacity to power 125,000 homes. Construction is expected to be completed in August next year.

Meantime, Downer was also awarded a contract by the Queensland government's electricity network Powerlink to construct a transmission line from Yabulu South to Ingham in the state's north.

The Downer Works division has secured a $50 million road surfacing and traffic control contract on Brisbane's Airport Link.

In New Zealand, Downer has secured a three-year contract to maintain emergency winter services on State Highway 5.

Downer chief executive Geoff Knox says he's pleased with the company's long-term road maintenance contracts across Australia and New Zealand.

"Since February 2010, the group has secured more than $1 billion of work," he said.

"We are in a preferred position on over $3.5 billion of projects which we expect will be awarded in the next few months."

Downer shares were up 5 cents, or 0.74 per cent, to $6.79 at 1105 AEST.