Availon, a multi-brand independent service provider for wind turbines, announced a record year of wind O&M assets. The company has added 620 MW to its global portfolio of wind-turbine generators under operation and maintenance contracts. Mature European markets such as Germany, Spain and Italy have a great number of wind farms coming out of warranty and represent the lion’s…
Availon wins 78-MW of wind-turbine servicing contracts
Availon, a cross-brand provider of wind-turbine generator services, has signed new contracts for the servicing of 48 wind turbine generators at the recent Husum Wind trade in Germany. The contracts represent an additional 78 MW of capacity placed under the care of Availon. The turbines involved include Vestas V80 and V90, Gamesa G80 and G58, GE 1.5,…
seebaWIND expects new service contracts in 2016 for wind farms with 150-MW capacities
Independent service provider, seebaWIND Service, has experienced promising success over the last couple months. The company recently exhibited at HUSUM Wind trade fair in Germany, which resulted in new customers and interest about service contracts for Germany and abroad. The bankability of seebaWIND’s full maintenance contracts has also been optimized, and the company is now…
Nordex signs another 26 contracts for the N131/3000 turbine this year
In the first few weeks of the year, Nordex SE has been registering further growth in demand for the Generation Delta N131/3000 light-wind turbine. Customers from Finland and Germany have placed firm orders for a total of 26 units comprising in total 78-megawatt (MW) capacity of the latest Nordex product. Finnish asset management company Taaleritehdas…
What to consider in a contract
OEMs, such as Suzlon, have a contracts department to handle their many details. “You want to form relationships with carriers,” says the company’s Logistics Director Gary Kowaleski. One route to a good relationship is with a contract that leaves little to no interpretation. He suggests at least these items for a shipping contract: • Description…