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Nordex receives 269-MW wind order in the U.S.
The Nordex Group has received another large order for its N149/4.0-4.5 from the Delta4000 series. The 269-MW order includes a total of 56 wind turbines, as well as a two-year service contract for an undisclosed project in the United States. Installation of this project is scheduled to start in summer 2020. The turbines are set…
Nordex wins second U.S. order for its Delta4000 turbine series
The Nordex Group has received an order for 38 wind turbines from the N149/4.0-4.5 Delta4000 series. The wind turbines have an operating range of 4.8 MW and will be installed in Texas for a proposed 180-MW wind farm. The order includes supply and delivery and a Nordex premium service agreement with a term of five…
Nordex wins 300-MW Texas turbine order from Engie
The Nordex Group has signed a contract with the North American subsidiary of the French energy group Engie S.A. to supply and install wind turbines at the Prairie Hill project, near to the town of Mart in Texas. The 300-MW project will include 100 of Nordex’s AW140/3000 series. The turbines will be installed on 82-meter…
Nordex wins 198-MW Texas turbine order
The Nordex Group has received an order from an undisclosed international project developer in the United States. Starting in the spring of 2020, the company will be installing a wind farm with 63, AW125/3150 turbines with a combined rated output of 198 MW. Nordex says that the order uses some equipment from a “safe harbor”…
Nordex lands its first U.S. wind order for the N149/4.0-4.5 turbine model
The Nordex Group has received an order for 74 of its N149/4.0-4.5 Delta4000 series of turbines, which will be the first of its kind installed at a U.S. wind project. The wind turbines, which will be installed at an Oklahoma wind farm, will be delivered and installed in the spring of 2020. The order includes…
The Nordex Group commits to GWO standards
The Nordex Group, with an installed base of more than 25 GW of wind power capacity in over 40 markets, has become the 17th member of the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). GWO is a non-profit organization of wind-turbine owners and manufacturers, committed to the creation and adoption of standardized safety training and emergency procedures. As…
Nordex begins producing its Delta4000 series of wind turbines
Since mid-March the Nordex Group has been producing turbines from the Delta4000 range in series. The first N149/4.0-4.5 turbines being manufactured in Europe in continuous flow production are now leaving the production line in Rostock, Germany, for orders already in excess of 700 MW. To ensure a smooth start to the series, the first N149…
Nordex signs 150-MW Texas wind deal
The Nordex Group recently announced a new wind contract with an undisclosed company for a 150-MW wind farm in Texas. In December, the company says it signed a deal to supply supply 48 turbines from the AW125/3150 series to an independent power producer. Nordex plans to deliver the first turbines for the Texas project in…
ACCIONA Energy starts construction of 144.9-MW Texas wind farm
With local roadway improvements nearly complete, work has started on ACCIONA Energy’s Palmas Altas wind farm, the company’s ninth wind project in the U.S. Palmas Altas will be ACCIONA’s second wind farm in Texas and will increase ACCIONA’s U.S. wind power capacity to 866 MW. An investment of around $200 million (over 170 million euros…
Nordex using Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT for wind-turbine management
Software AG announced the selection of its Cumulocity IoT platform by The Nordex Group, a global manufacturer of innovative onshore wind turbines. The Nordex Group manages clean-energy wind farms based on sensor data. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company plans to connect and monitor its 6,800 existing wind turbines using Cumulocity IoT as a platform…
Nordex awarded its largest single wind contract to date
The Nordex Group has gained the largest single contract in its history: it will supply and install turbines for the Lagoa dos Ventos wind farm in Brazil. The Enel Green Power.project has a capacity of about 595 MW, and is composed of 191 AW125 wind turbines. With an installed capacity of 3.15 or 3.0 MW,…
Nordex reports order intake of 1.6 GW for fourth quarter of 2017
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Nordex Group received firm orders for 1,598.6 MW, an increase of 12.5% compared to Q4 2016. After the sluggish order intake registered in the first three quarters, expectations of a strong fourth quarter have been met. New business for 2017 amounted to 2,741.3 MW. The North America division,…
Nordex to install 191 MW of new wind capacity for developers in Spain
The Nordex Group is benefiting from the renaissance of the Spanish wind-power market. Utility Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables (GNFR) ordered 58 AW132/3300 from Nordex this past December. The contract covers the installation of six wind farms, as well as multi-year services for the turbines. Construction of the first turbines will commence in the summer of…
Nordex awarded new wind contract in France
The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the installation of the “Epine Marie Madeleine” wind farm. GN Renewable Investments, managed by TTR Energy, a private equity management firm, has ordered twelve N117/3000 turbines from Nordex for this project. Nordex France is the developer of the Epine Marie Madeleine project. The contract covers the…
Nordex to upgrade 30-MW wind farm in Spain
The Nordex Group has won a 30-MW order to renovate one of Acciona Energía’s oldest wind farm in Spain. In the second half of 2018, it will upgrade the 30-MW El Cabrito wind farm with 12 multi-megawatt turbines. In this connection, Acciona Energia has opted for eight N100/3000 turbines and four AW70/1500 turbines that fit…
Nordex Group launches 140-m rotor option for AW3000 turbine
The Nordex Group has launched a new 140-meter rotor option for its AW3000 wind turbine platform that delivers lower cost of energy for lighter-wind sites. The AW140/3000 boasts one of the highest capacity factors in its class and is the latest addition to the proven AW3000 platform. The design of the AW140/3000 is optimized for…
Nordex enters 4-MW class with its most powerful turbine to date
Nordex Group will introduce its latest development at the Husum Wind Fair this September, in the Delta platform: the Delta4000 series. The N149/4.0-4.5 wind turbine, which has been designed specifically for light-wind regions, has a 30% increase in rotor sweep and a variable power output of 4.0 to 4.5 MW. The N149/4.0-4.5 is currently the…
Nordex benefits from increased sales and business growth in second quarter of 2017
In the second quarter of the current year, the Nordex Group registered increasing momentum in its business. Business volume rose to EUR 852.7 million in the quarter, making a material contribution to the sales of EUR 1,501.1 million (H1/2016: EUR 1,483.9 million) recorded in the first half of the year. This performance was supported by growth…
Nordex Group turbine delivers high yields despite light winds
In July of 2016, the Nordex Group installed a N131/3300 turbine with a hub height of 164 meters at the Hausbay-Bickenbach site in the Rhineland-Palatinate. Despite only light winds over the past year and the fact that the turbines were not often continuously available due to scheduled measuring activities in the first 12 months, the…