Nordex has received further orders for 72 MW from Turkey. The customer Pakmem Elektrik ordered a total of 16 N131/3600 turbines for the Cerit project, to be delivered by the wind-turbine manufacturer as of spring 2018. Pakmem Elektrik has also signed a Premium Service Agreement covering a period of fifteen years. The 57.6-MW Cerit wind…
Nordex installs multi-megawatt turbine on 134-m tubular tower
In February of this year, the Nordex Group installed a 3-MW turbine on a 134-m tubular steel tower in a test field operated by Windtest Grevenbroich for GP Joule, a project developer. Prior to this, Nordex has always installed its turbines with hub heights in excess of 120 m, in continental Europe on hybrid towers…
Nordex receives Turkish order for N131/3900 wind turbines
Erdem Holding has placed another order with Nordex to deliver and install a wind farm. The manufacturer is to supply 10 of its N131/3900 turbines for the Eber wind farm. A premium service covering at least 15 years also forms part of the deal. The “Eber” site is located 250 km to the south-west of…
Nordex awarded follow-up wind contract by Acciona Energia
The Nordex Group has received a follow-up contract for a further 22 AW125/3000 turbines. The customer, Acciona Energia, had previously placed an order for 22 of these turbines at the end of last year. This agreement was for the first construction phase of the 132-MW Mount Gellibrand wind farm. A large part of the 87-m…
Nordex’s first-quarter revenues for 2017 in line with budget
The Nordex Group says it performed in line with its expectations during the first quarter of 2017. Most notably, the proportion of sales generated in America increased, where the group has a larger footprint following the merger with Acciona Windpower. Overall, sales amounted to EUR 648.4 million (Q1/2016: EUR 637 million). The service business rose substantially…
Nordex to boost turbine performance using its Xtended Power package
The Nordex Group has received an order to raise the yield of a total of 63 existing multi-megawatt turbines from its customer ERG SpA in Italy. The operator plans to equip three wind farms with the performance-enhancing Xtended Power technology. In principle an increase in yield of up to 2% can be obtained using this…
Nordex secures 195-MW wind deal in Brazil
The Nordex Group has secured a major contract for the delivery of 65, AW125/3000 wind turbines. The Lagoa do Barro wind project is composed of eight individual wind farms that will be installed in the state of Piaui in north-eastern Brazil. The wind power systems are to be delivered and installed from mid-2017. The turbines…
Nordex offers new range of turbines for medium and low-wind regions
The Nordex Group is widening its range of efficient solutions for medium and light-wind locations with the addition of two new turbine models. The N131/3900 is an enhanced version of the N131/3600 from the Generation Delta range, and the new N131/3600 is ideal for locations with medium wind speeds. With the N131/3900, Nordex is raising…
Nordex receives new wind order in Finland
The international developer ABO Wind has placed another order with Nordex to build a wind farm in Finland. Following a previous order for nine turbines in November 2016, a new one has been placed for three N131/3000s for a new project in west Finland. Nordex will supply the machines for the Muntila wind farm from…
Nordex holds position as market leader in Turkey
In 2016, Nordex consolidated its position as market leader in Turkey. With some 350 MW, the manufacturer accounted for a good 25% of the capacity installed in 2016. This means that Nordex remains the frontrunner in the market as a whole. In 2016, the sales division rounded off the good installation figures in Turkey with a strong…
Nordex has more than 500-MW of wind turbines now operating in Ireland
The Nordex Group recently passed a new milestone in the Republic of Ireland, thanks to the commissioning of Energia Renewables’ 95-MW Meenadreen wind farm in Donegal. Nordex has now officially passed the 500-MW mark for wind turbines in operation in the country. In total, Nordex turbines with a capacity of 529 MW are now producing green…
Nordex sales climbed by 40% in 2016 with help from Acciona merger
On the basis of its provisional consolidated financial statements for 2016, the Nordex Group announced that is has achieved its targets. Company sales climbed by 40% to EUR 3.4 billion, including sales of EUR 726 million, contributed by the new subsidiary Acciona Windpower (AWP) — consolidated in April 2016 following the acquisition. In October 2015,…
Nordex obtains new unit certificate for its N117/3000 wind turbine
The Nordex Group has received unit certification for its N117/3000 wind turbine. It is for VDE-AR-N 4120, the technical requirements for the connection and operation of customer installations to the high-voltage network (TCC High Voltage), and was granted by FGH Zertifizierungsgesellschaft mbH in Mannheim. As of July 2017, certification will be a pre-requisite for connection to the…
Nordex has record-order intake in Germany in 2016
The Nordex Group closed 2016 with a strong December order intake in Germany. In the last month of the year alone, it received orders for 89 wind turbines in 33 projects with a combined capacity of 262.5 MW. Consequently, Nordex recorded full-year order intake of over EUR 1.17 billion in Germany in 2016 — the highest…
Nordex awarded contracts for 148 MW in Argentina
With the award of two contracts for the construction of wind farms with a combined capacity of 148 MW, the Nordex Group has successfully entered the new growth market Argentina in December. Nordex will supply 32, AW 125/3000 turbines for the La Castellana wind project, and another 15 for the Archiras wind facility. Construction is to commence…
Nordex Group receives two new wind orders in the U.S.
The Nordex Group has signed two new contracts for PTC-qualifying components, corresponding to a value of nearly U.S.$65 million (EUR 62 million). The manufacturer has secured one order from an IPP based in the U.S., which is featuring safe harbor components for wind turbines from Nordex’s Delta platform. The second order was placed by a European utility…
Nordex selling Acciona wind-turbines in France for the first time since merger
The Nordex Group has been awarded a new contract for the installation of a 11.5-MW wind farm in France. Developed by French power station operator Valorem, the Aunis wind farm marks Nordex’s first project since the Acciona merger in which the company’s AW turbines will be used in France “Aunis wind farm shows how well…
Nordex Group secures new order in the U.S.
An international IPP has signed a contract with the Nordex Group for PTC qualifying components corresponding to a value of $32M. The total volume of the customer’s upcoming U.S. projects, based on this contract, is expected to equate to 15 times the total value of the agreement. The manufacturer has already begun execution of the…
Nordex begins expansion project of its headquarters in Hamburg
The Nordex Group has laid the first stone in the foundations for the extension to its head office in Hamburg. The new building alone will have a total floor area of around 12,000 square-meters and provide space for up to 600 employees. The full complex, once complete, will have a total floor space of 26,000…
Nordex receives first order for its light-wind N131/3600 turbine
The Nordex Group has received the first order for the installation of its light-wind N131/3600 turbine. Nordex only recently presented the N131/3600 to the market publicly, together with the N117/3600, this September. Both turbines have been type-tested for 106-meter towers (and the N117/3600 for up to 91-meter towers). The manufacturer will be installing the turbines in…