Nordex Awarded Contracts for Wind Farms in Germany and Brazil
Hamburg, Germany - The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received orders from Germany and Brazil. Innogy SE has commissioned the Nordex Group to equip the “Jüchen A44n” wind farm with six N149/4.0-4.5 turbines. Nordex has also received an order from its new customer, COPEL - Companhia Paranaense de Energia, for the supply and construction of 26 AW132/3465 turbines in Brazil.
In eastern Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, near the city of Jandaíra the 90 MW wind farm “Jandaíra Copel” will be built. The Nordex Group will manufacture the 26 turbines at its production facility in Simões Filho. The turbines will be built on 120 metre concrete towers, which the Group will manufacture at its local plant in Areia Branca, not far from the site. The company will also source the rotor blades locally. Completion of the wind farm is planned for 2022. The order from COPEL - Companhia Paranaense de Energia is the first to be received by the Nordex Group and the second from a public utility in Brazil.
Source: IWR Online, Jun 06 2020