Germany - Nordex is awarded contract by project developer ABO Wind for wind farms located in the German regions of Central Hesse and Franconia

Wind-turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a contract by project developer ABO Wind to construct two more wind farms with a total of 13, N117/2400 onshore turbines. Located in the German regions of Central Hesse and Franconia, the planned farms will go on grid this year after project financing is finalised. With two wind farms already under construction in the same region, the projects total output will rise to 51.2 MW.

ABO Wind opted for units Nordex developed for non-coastal regions, areas characterised by lighter winds. The project comprises eight N100/2500 and 13 N117/2400 turbines, with rotor blades measuring almost 60 m, among the most efficient in their class. Part of the wind farms will be located in forests, so hybrid towers with an above-average height of 141 m are being used in all projects to optimise energy yield.

“Germany is of crucial importance to Nordex because our home market is stable and continuing to grow,” says Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, CCO at Nordex SE. Over the past few years, Nordex has installed wind farms for ABO Wind in France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. “We see growing interest in additions to wind power in the southern half of Germany in particular,” reports Dr. Jochen Ahn, a member of ABO Wind AG’s management board. “Wind turbines such as the N100 and the N117, which achieve high yields in non-coastal locations, are helping spur the success of the new energy policy.”

About Nordex:
Economic prosperity, progress and environmental protection – for Nordex these go hand in hand. Since 1985, we have been developing increasingly effective wind turbines that help meet the growing global demand for energy while reducing the impact on the environment.

As an internationally expanding company, Nordex has a footprint in all the core markets. Our factories in Germany, China and the United States serve the markets in the core regions of Europe, Asia and the Americas. We can provide our customers with tailor-made all-round solutions – from planning a wind farm, through turnkey installation down to service. The "Nordex Academy" provides a high level of training to all our staff, guaranteeing superior know-how as a supplier of sophisticated products and services.

The core competence of Nordex focuses on wind turbines in the power range up to 2.5 MW. In the Gamma generation, the Efficiency Class, we offer different types of machine on the basis of a common technical platform: The N90/2500, N100/2500 and the N117/2400. This means that Nordex customers can rely on having the ideal product for every location. For offshore applications we offer the N150/6000 turbine.

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