09 Apr 2020 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - Photovoltaics specialist Enviria, based in Frankfurt am Main, has secured a revolving bridge financing line for solar PV projects with the help of Capcora. A first project with approx. 650 kWp has been already successfully financed and constructed. Further ready-to-build projects will follow shortly. Initially, a portfolio of 6.2 MWp is to be financed. Enviria, a company specialising on the construction of roof-top PV systems, uses the new facility to pre-finance the construction of solar PV projects until the bank financing is ready for disbursement. In a first step, 11 projects with a capacity of around 6 MWp were selected, which will be replaced by ... read more...

07 Apr 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - In March 2020, the Nordex Group received an order from German wind power developer Energiequelle to supply and install seven N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in Finland. The project also includes a Premium Service Agreement covering 25 years. The 29.96 MW "Konttisuo" wind farm featuring the turbines with a maximum operation mode of 4,280kW will be built approximately 20 kilometres southeast of the municipality of Soini, on the border of Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Finland. The installation and grid connection of the turbines will take place in 2021. The Nordex Group will supply cold-climate versions of the machines, which will also include the Nordex Anti-icing Sy... read more...

03 Apr 2020 | - 85 per cent of the megawatt sold are from the Delta4000 series - 93 turbines from the new 5MW+ class sold Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has closed the first quarter of 2020 with an order intake of 1.644 GW, increasing the volume of firm orders in a year-on-year comparison by almost 59 per cent (Q1/2019: 1.035 GW). At around 1,292 MW, demand in Europe was particularly high, accounting for almost 79 per cent of total order volume. The strongest individual markets were Norway, Great Britain, Turkey and Finland. In Norway alone, the Nordex Group secured a large order for the new N149/5.X turbine with a total volume of 400 MW. Orders from South America were also pos... read more...

02 Apr 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - Despite the coronavirus crisis and whilst taking all possible precautionary measures, the Nordex Group installed the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the Netherlands at the end of March as part of the Heibloem wind farm, with this turbine boasting the largest onshore rotor diameter in the country. With the dimensions of the 149-metre rotor and an installed rated output of 4.5 MW, the exceptionally high-yielding turbine sets new standards in terms of economic efficiency in the Netherlands. The customer is Coöperatie Zuidenwind, and the wind farm is being built near Roermond in the Dutch province of Limburg near the Meuse. Here, the average wind speed is 6.8... read more...

01 Apr 2020 | - Despite the challenging political conditions, Energiequelle’s turnover increased 22 % from the previous year Kallinchen (renewablepress) - Energiequelle can look back on a successful year. The company, which has been operating in the field of renewable energies since 1997, had a turnover of EUR 87 million in 2019. The result is based on the construction of 16 wind power plants, eleven of which in Germany and five in France. The total output of the wind farms is 46.3 MW. In addition, a small 750 KWp photovoltaic project was completed in Brandenburg, Germany. Growth in operational management Energiequelle was also able to expand its operational management department. In 2019,... read more...

01 Apr 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received another order for its new Delta4000 turbines, with their 5MW+ rated power, in Norway. The manufacturer will supply nine N149/5.X turbines for the "Lutelandet" wind farm. The project was developed by Vestavind Kraft and is owned by Lutelandet Energipark AS, a daughter of the Norwegian municipal utility, SFE Produksjon AS; with its main business area in power generation. The order also includes a Premium Service contract with a production-based availability warranty. The term of the Service contract is five years, with the option to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for up to four additional periods of five years. ... read more...

30 Mar 2020 | Berlin (renewablepress) - The Renewables Academy (RENAC) is responding to the growing demand for online offerings in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency by adding 14 new courses to its course programme. The international education provider from Berlin will thus offer 107 e-learning courses in the future. The new courses include current trend topics such as energy storage, grid integration and Power-to-X technologies. The wide range of courses offered by RENAC, from beginner courses to special topics, will therefore be further expanded. RENAC considers itself well prepared for the current increase in demand and the challenges of the international education market in terms of c... read more...

27 Mar 2020 | Merzig (renewablepress) - Total Quadran, has concluded an agreement with Next2Sun in order to deploy its innovative bifacial photovoltaic technology in the French market (Alsace excluded). Thanks to vertically positioned bifacial panels mounting solution, Next2Sun’s technology allows to delivers maximum energy both at dawn and dusk - periods of high consumption where south-oriented conventional photovoltaic is not the most effective. Mainly intended for agrivoltaism, Next2Sun vertical bifacial solar panels techno provides two major benefits: • supply more energy at specific times of the day in comparison with conventional photovoltaic plants, • allowing to address agricultur... read more...

24 Mar 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received a large order for 400 MW from Norway using wind turbines in the 5 MW+ class. The Nordex Group will supply and install 72 N149/5.X turbines, with 105 meter steel towers, at the "Øyfjellet" wind farm for a German investor. Following completion of the project in autumn 2021, the Nordex Group will be responsible for full maintenance of the wind turbines on the basis of a Premium Service contract for a minimum period of 20 years, with options to extend this contract up to a total of 30 years. The "Øyfjellet" project was developed by Eolus Vind, one of the largest developers of wind power in the Nordics. The project is located near th... read more...

24 Mar 2020 | • Guidance for 2020: sales of EUR 4.2 to 4.8 billion and EBITDA of EUR 160 to 240 million subject to COVID-19 measures • Group meets 2019 guidance • Capital increase reinforces financial structure • Sales in Service segment up 17.7 percent • Three new turbines added to product portfolio • Fourth Sustainability Report presented Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) today announced that it began 2020 with a well-filled order book for new wind turbines of EUR 5.5 billion, up 43 percent on the previous year (2018: EUR 3.9 billion). In light of this, the Company once again expects a visible rise in sales and a further increasing operating profit. ... read more...