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23 Sep 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - In the current quarter, Nordex Group received further new orders totalling 227 MW from Europe. The main sales market was Germany with 86 MW, followed by the Netherlands with approximately 70 MW, France with 42 MW and Belgium with 29 MW. The Nordex Group - a profile The Group has installed more than 29 GW of wind energy capacity in over 40 markets and in 2019 generated revenues of EUR 3.3 billion. The company currently employs a workforce of more than 7,900. The joint manufacturing capacity includes factories in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the United States, India, Argentina and Mexico. The product portfolio is focused on onshore turbines in the 2.4 to 5.X MW cl... read more...

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21 Sep 2020 | Wörrstadt (renewablepress) - Boulder-based juwi Inc. and Colorado Springs Utilities announced they signed a power purchase agreement for a 175-megawatt (MW) solar project coupled with a 25 MW, four-hour battery energy storage system. The 25-MW battery storage system will be one of the largest in Colorado. “This new agreement is exciting for Colorado Springs Utilities as we lead the way for battery storage in the state,” said Springs Utilities Chief Executive Officer Aram Benyamin. “The additional solar we will bring online will help diversify our energy mix and help us reach our Energy Vision goal of achieving 80% carbon reduction by 2030.” On June 26 the Utilities Board approve... read more...

Solar project of MKM Invest Group © Enerparc

21 Sep 2020 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - MKM Invest Group (“Sponsor”), a Hamburg based independent power producer, raised a EUR 106m mezzanine debt financing for a portfolio of solar PV projects in Germany, France, and Spain with a total capacity of 579 MW (“Portfolio”) based on contracted and merchant revenues. The financing was provided by accounts managed by Prime Capital AG (“Prime Capital”). ENERPARC AG (“ENERPARC”), who has been developing and realizing the solar parks for MKM Invest Group, supported the fundraising on behalf of the Sponsor and will deliver the long-term asset management and O&M services for the Portfolio. Capcora acted as the exclusive financial advisor to... read more...

Die Deutsche Windtechnik hat erfolgreich die Baumusterprüfung für ihr BNK-System bestanden © Photo credit, Deutsche Windtechnik AG

18 Sep 2020 | Bremen (renewablepress) - Deutsche Windtechnik has successfully passed the type approval test for its aircraft detection light system (ADLS) for wind turbines. This means Deutsche Windtechnik's transponder-based ADLS system is ready for market launch and is now available for ADLS retrofitting on wind turbines of all leading system technologies. This early certification puts Deutsche Windtechnik in an excellent position to enable operators to retrofit with ADLS in a timely and flexible manner. "Our ADLS was developed to fulfil the requirements of the AVV as well as to ensure eligibility for the EEG remuneration. We guarantee this, for example, through extensive logging of all ADLS operati... read more...

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18 Sep 2020 | • Manufacturer will deliver 65 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines to Texas Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received a 312 MW order in the USA. For a wind farm in Texas, the manufacturer will supply 65 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the 4.8 MW operating mode. Installation is scheduled to start in May 2021 and the wind farm will be connected to the grid later the same year. The project and customer are undisclosed. “This order underscores again the growing interest of our US customers in the powerful turbines of the Delta4000 series. With regards to the N149/4.0-4.5 turbines with a 4.8 MW rated capacity, the Nordex Group is now delivering and installing 265 units, amounting meanwhi... read more...

WindGuard Certification’s new mobile test unit for dynamic performance © WindGuard Certification

16 Sep 2020 | New fault-ride-through test equipment can be used directly at customer's site Varel (renewablepress) - WindGuard Certification now offers a complete package of electrical characteristic measurements on power generating units, such as wind turbines, photovoltaic systems, energy storage facilities and internal combustion engines. For this purpose, the experts from Varel have just introduced a new mobile test unit for dynamic performance. WindGuard Certification offers manufacturers not only the certification of prototypes, but also all measurements necessary to obtain the required proofs according to VDE-AR-N 4105, VDE-AR-N 4110, VDE-AR-N 4120 and IEC 61400-21-1. The new test unit allo... read more...

The Lakiakangas wind farm © CPC Finland Oy

15 Sep 2020 | Helsinki (renewablepress) - Wind power company CPC Finland and Finnish energy group Helen (municipal energy company of the city of Helsinki) have entered into a joint venture (40% CPC, 60% Helen) for construction, owning and operating the 86 MW Lakiakangas 3 wind farm in Western Finland. The construction has been commenced and the wind farm is scheduled to be commissioned during the last quarter of 2021. The Lakiakangas 3 wind farm consists of 20 Vestas V150-4.3 MW turbines and is located in the municipalities of Kristiinankaupunki and Isojoki in Finland. The non-recourse project financing for the project is provided by OP Corporate Bank. In an additional project, the joint venture wil... read more...

14 Sep 2020 | - Preparation of the measuring and validation programme for type certification Hamburg (renewablepress) - On 8 September the Nordex Group installed the first N149/5.X turbine in the Genshagener Heide wind farm near Potsdam, Germany. In spring 2019 the Nordex Group had opened the market segment for 5 MW turbines with this turbine type. This month the first N149/5.X will start operation on schedule. Following the installation of the turbine, preparation commences for the measuring and validation programme for the type certification of the N149/5.X. With mean wind speeds 6.4 m/s at the hub height of 105 metres the site offers good conditions for measuring the 5.7 MW turbine. In additi... read more...

11 Sep 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - As part of the regular validation and certification process for its turbines in the Delta4000 series, the Nordex Group has replaced the gearboxes first installed in two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in Wennerstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. The turbines installed at this site in 2018 are the world’s first Delta4000 turbines of this model. The turbines have been in operation since August and November 2018 respectively and are subjected to a detailed assessment of their condition after the first 15 and 24 months of operation. To this end, the manufacturer expertly dismantles the gearboxes into all individual parts in order to perform a qualified assessment with the bearin... read more...

09 Sep 2020 | Wind measuring instruments, calibration and maintenance from one single source Varel (renewablepress) - With the launch of its own online shop, the leading wind tunnel specialist Deutsche WindGuard now offers customers an enhanced service regarding sensors, their calibration and maintenance. At windguard-shop.com, customers can now order these products and services conveniently online. “Our customers are increasingly requesting to purchase the actual sensors from us, in addition to their calibration. With the new portal, we are now further simplifying this process for our customers,” says Catharina Herold, WindGuard wind tunnel services’ operational manager, under whose leade... read more...