WindpowerUpdate 31

No. 31 ı Autumn 2010
Newsletter from
www.nordex-online.com
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WINDPOWERUpdate
Business:
Service:
China:
German chancellor
visits Nordex
Modernisation –
Legacy wind power systems
given a “new lease on life”
Utilities order
57 megawatts
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SWEDEN ...................................................................................................................
Skellefteå Kraft AB
ordering 295 MW
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Contents
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CONTENTS
Background
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INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS RICHTERICH, CEO OF NORDEX SE:
“Internationalisation, innovation and industrialisation form the focus of our strategy”
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Did you know …?
Business
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NORDEX FOUNDER JOINING THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
Lars B. Krogsgaard appointed Chief Sales Officer of Nordex SE as of October
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OUR RESPONSIBILITY
People are at the core of everything we do
10
BIG PARTY IN ROSTOCK
250 clients visit Nordex
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GERMAN CHANCELLOR VISITS NORDEX
Interchange of ideas on energy policy
Environment
13
SELF-COMMITMENT
Environmental protection at Nordex
Engineering
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WIND FARM MANAGEMENT
Getting a grip on the grid
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MODERNISATION
Legacy wind power systems given a “new lease on life”
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GERMANY
Nordex acquiring a stake in an offshore project
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SWEDEN
Skellefteå Kraft AB ordering 295 MW
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GREECE
Delivery of twelve multi-megawatt turbines
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IRELAND
N80 wind farm being constructed in County Tyrone
Service
Europe
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America
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UNITED STATES
Nordex awarded 50 MW project
Asia
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PAKISTAN
33 turbines for FFC Energy Limited
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CHINA
Utilities order 57 megawatts
News
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First multi-megawatt system for Greece
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Product programme
NORDEX-PRODUCT PROGRAMME
Type
Capacity
Regulation
Markets
Nordex S70/N70
1,500 kW
Pitch
Asia, Asia-Pacific
Nordex S77/N77
1,500 kW
Pitch
Asia, Asia-Pacific
Nordex S82/N82
1,500 kW
Pitch
Asia, Asia-Pacific
Nordex N80
2,500 kW
Pitch
Europe, Asia,
Latin America
Nordex N90
2,500 kW
Pitch
Europe, Asia, America
Nordex N100
2,500 kW
Pitch
Europe, America
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Editorial
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EDITORIAL
Dear readers,
In this issue we want to update you again on
However, this does not mean that we have
some of our current projects. Among other new
been ignoring the older turbines. Looking ahead
developments, we recently have received a major
over the next few years, the modernisation and
contract for the delivery of 118 2.5 MW turbines
updating of these systems will form the basis
in Sweden. This and other orders demonstrate
for continued high availability and the reliable
that major customers prefer proven wind power
continued operation of older turbines.
systems. With our 1.5 and 2.5 MW turbines, we
Information on our modernisation packages and
have the products which the market is continuing
other subjects can be found on the following
to seek.
pages.
Yet, this does not mean that we are resting on our
We wish you pleasant reading.
laurels. Quite the contrary, for we are currently
developing a specialised product in the 4 MW
class for the onshore segment, which we will be
launching on the market in 2013/2014. At the
same time, we are working on a larger special
offshore system in the 6 MW class complete with
a new drive concept. This Nordex offshore tech-
Thomas Richterich
Carsten Pedersen
nology will be available from 2014.
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Background
INTERVIEW WITH
THOMAS RICHTERICH
“Internationalisation,
innovation and industrialisation form the focus
of our strategy”
Mr Richterich, strong growth formed the core
of Nordex’s strategy over many years. Is this
still the case?
We are adjusting our corporate strategy to allow
for changed market conditions. Above-average
growth is now no longer the sole focus of our
strategy. That doesn’t mean that we have given
Thomas Richterich
CEO of Nordex SE
up our goal of expanding at double-digit rates
if market conditions permit. However, there are
What is Nordex currently doing to convince
some external factors, such as the limited avail-
international utilities to purchase our turbines?
ability of funding for our customers, for example,
We are able to assert ourselves in competition with
which we are not able to materially influence.
industry heavyweights as we are closer to our customers thanks to more flexible structures and swift
What aspects are you now giving greater
decision-making processes. This is demonstrated
emphasis in Nordex’s strategic orientation?
by the recent major order from Sweden for 118
Our industry has changed. Large groups have
turbines, which we did not receive by quoting the
entered our market as competitors. Today, our
lowest price. Rather, what was decisive was our
customers are highly professional utilities with a
ability to modify our products and services in the
global reach. Against this backdrop, we are recali-
light of the special needs of our customers and
brating our priorities and simultaneously reinforc-
their projects. However, I also mean “closer to the
ing our old virtues. First and foremost, we will
customer” literally. In order to convince inter-
be continuing to broaden Nordex’s international
national utilities, we must establish corporate
footprint so as to enter new markets on an endur-
structures in the individual markets and assemble
ing basis. Secondly, we are stepping up our ef-
experienced local teams. To this end, we have set
forts to develop innovative products and technical
up regional companies in Europe, America and
solutions more quickly to tap new market and
Asia, which more or less pursue their business via
customer segments. By implementing industrial
national companies.
processes, structures and methods, we will be
able to optimise our costs. What I think is decisive
is to achieve the right balance between quality,
innovation and costs.
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Background
DID YOU KNOW ...
... that the N100’s new guaranteed sound power
level of 106.0 dB(A) satisfies the guidelines specified by KFW Förderbank?
... that with its new power curves the Gamma
Generation achieves the greatest yield in the
2.5 MW class?
... that the N100 with its 140-metre steel/concrete hybrid tower generates up to 22 % more
output than turbines mounted on conventional
100-metre steel-tube towers?
... that in Germany Nordex is among the 100
most popular potential employers for engineers
in 2010, according to Berlin consulting company
Trendence?
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... that according to the Global Wind Energy
Council (GWEC) the annual volume of new
installations will increase from 38.3 GW to
62.5 GW over the next five years, and that in
2014 total capacity will exceed 400 GW?
... that our colleagues at Nordex China planted
200 white ash saplings in a single hour as part
of the “Go Green” environmental protection
programme in the spring, and that these trees
form part of the “second green belt”, which is to
protect Peking from sandstorms in the future?
What other product innovations can we expect
thus more or less at the same time, we started
to see in the near future?
work on developing a turbine for offshore use.
Over the last few years, intensive competition for
This turbine will achieve a substantially greater
new technical solutions has emerged. This has
output than all previous systems and incorporates
been driven in part by new areas of use for wind
a new technical drive concept.
power. Examples of these new developments include offshore turbines or longer rotor blades for
What initiatives has Nordex taken with respect to
low-wind sites. Now that we have achieved
industrialisation?
a very high level of quality in our products, we
Our volumes have now reached levels justifying
want to speed up the pace of development for
the use of industrial technologies and processes.
new products. This has been in Nordex’s blood
As in the automotive industry, we are now imple-
for 25 years. What we are seeking are innovative
menting an assembly line system at our plants
solutions as well as turbines which are more
in Rostock and in the United States. In this way,
efficient while avoiding any increase in costs.
we are able to reduce turnaround times, heighten
delivery reliability and achieve new levels of pro-
What sorts of projects does this entail?
duction quality. And we have already introduced
For one thing, we are modernising our existing
a process which is unrivalled in the wind power
ranges by fitting larger rotors to expand the plat-
industry for automating large parts of the final
forms. Here, we can typically achieve a roughly
assembly of the rotor blades.
20 % gain in yield for an increase of only 5 % in
costs. At the same time, we are focusing on our
new multi-megawatt system for the onshore
market, which features a reduced nacelle weight
per megawatt of output. At the end of 2009, and
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Business
NORDEX FOUNDER
JOINING THE
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Lars B. Krogsgaard
appointed Chief Sales
Officer of Nordex SE
as of October
In the year in which it celebrates its 25th anni-
family to a new home near Copenhagen, his life
versary, Nordex is undergoing extensive change.
has been based in this region. Now he is making
Mechanical engineering follows completely
use of the new possibilities which he has for
different principles these days, while new and
living his life more intensively with his children
more heavily industrialised production processes
and his wife. This also affects Nordex, of course.
have been implemented. Meanwhile, there are
However, as a member of the Supervisory Board,
also changes to the Management Board: Carsten
he will be able to combine his private and profes-
Pedersen will be withdrawing from day-to-day
sional goals.
management and instead taking a seat on Nordex
SE’s Supervisory Board.
Lars Bondo Krogsgaard will be taking over from
Carsten Pedersen in October 2010.
In this way, the Company’s founding father will
Mr. Krogsgaard is an energy expert with an
not be lost to Nordex. On the contrary, he will
excellent track record. In 2002, he was appointed
continue to accompany the Company closely in
commercial director of “Renewables”, which at
the future. However, he will be doing so in his
that time was a still young division within the
capacity as an advisor and making use of his
largest Danish utility Dong Energy. Four years
contacts in Nordex’s interests.
ago, he changed sides and joined Siemens Wind
Power, where he was responsible for sales and
His decision to switch to the Supervisory Board
project management in Europe, Africa and Middle
was predominantly made for private reasons.
East regions.
Over the past 25 years, Carsten Pedersen has
dedicated a great deal of time to contributing to
Nordex’s success story. Since he moved with his
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Business 09
OUR RESPONSIBILITY
People are at the core of everything we do
With our 18 branches and offices around the
understanding of personal well-being goes well
world, we constitute an important economic
beyond our employees’ physical condition as
factor as a result of our local activities, and also
we acknowledge the fact that a holistic view
for our business partners. Nordex defines its sell-
of the individual also includes his or her psycho-
side markets as production centres. Accordingly,
logical health.
we assemble turbines in Europe, Asia and North
America for the primary growth markets. At the
In their business activities, enterprises also hold
same time, we are establishing the supplier struc-
social responsibility. Nordex bases its activities
tures which we require at these and numerous
on the principles set out in “UN Global Impact”
other locations. The construction and ensuing
in its relations with its own employees as well
operation of wind farms thus create employment
as the third parties with whom we interact.
and income for people in these regions, while the
Within the Company’s sphere of influence, this
local governments benefit from the tax revenue
entails the principles of human rights and anti-
which we generate.
discrimination, as well as initiatives to encourage
environmental awareness and to create equal
Yet, for all our business activity, we attach the
opportunities for education. For example, we
greatest importance to site safety. The Health
supported the 2008 and 2009 Hamburg Climate
and Safety department ensures strict observance
Protection Conference, which was organised by
and further development of internationally ac-
the State Institute of Teacher Training and School
knowledged standards. This is because safe and
Development. “Experiencing and understanding
reliable working conditions form the basis for
energy” is the title of a long-term school project
our employees’ personal well-being and, hence,
that Nordex is implementing in conjunction with
the Company’s success. In this regard, our
Umwelt-Aktion e.V. in Germany.
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Business
BIG PARTY IN ROSTOCK
250 clients visit Nordex
A quarter of a century of Nordex, progress in the
The impressive demonstration of the automatic
modernisation and expansion of our production
finishing machine opened the show with lights
facility and the successful introduction of the
and a drum roll. Next CEO Thomas Richterich
Gamma Generation – three good reasons to invite
spoke about the Company’s current targets:
our customers to a big party at the GVZ in
establishment as an international group, concen-
Rostock. And so it was that on 6 August 2010,
tration on industrial production processes and
more than 250 guests from Europe and North
innovative strength in product development.
America – including, apart from the customers
and their Nordex contact persons, analysts, media
Dr Marc Sielemann, COO Operations, showed
representatives and business partners – followed
that Nordex is already one of the sector pioneers
the stage programme in the finishing shop.
when it comes to production. As an example
of this he cited the rotor blade finishing shop,
the new rotor blade testing shop and the introduction of continuous flow production – for
Nordex, major steps towards faster delivery,
lower costs and yet higher quality.
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For the following panel discussion under the
about why he regards Nordex and Bosch as ideal
heading “Requirements to be met by modern
partners: neither was looking for fast, high-risk
wind energy technology”, moderator Dagmar
success, but both attached importance to reliable
Binder invited four guests onto the stage. Thilo
and durable technology.
Langfeldt, CEO of CompAdia Management Consultants, was the first person she talked to. His
Dr Andrew Garrad, CEO of the consulting com-
consulting company had assisted our customer
pany GL Garrad Hassan, described how Nordex
during the tender process for the order from
was an established company that was attractive
Sweden. Mr Langfeldt named the criteria that
for customers and banks. After the panel dis-
set Nordex apart among 16 manufacturers: ex-
cussion Professor Ulrich Walter, physicist and
perience, quality, cost, the optimal turbine for the
astronaut, took over the microphone. He showed
location, as well as its willingness to offer flexible
pictures of the earth taken from space, recalling
technical solutions. Reiner Leipold-Büttner, COO
how beautiful our planet is.
of our gearbox supplier Bosch Rexroth, spoke
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Business
GERMAN CHANCELLOR VISITS NORDEX
Interchange of ideas on energy policy
On 18 August 2010, German Chancellor Angela
Richterich added: “Wind power can make a
Merkel commenced her “energy tour” in
crucial and, above all, balanced contribution to
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. During a visit to
achieving these aims. What is more, our industry
Nordex’s rotor blade production plant in Rostock,
is a key factor in the regional economy in terms of
she was conducting talks with representatives
both added value and employment.”
of companies active in the wind power industry.
Thus, over the past few years, Nordex has created
The background to this tour was the energy
around 1,000 jobs in Rostock and has invested
policy, the main elements of which the German
approximately EUR 100 million since 2008 in
federal government plans to announce at the end
extending and modernising its facilities there.
of September.
The sector as a whole employs around 100,000
people (directly and indirectly) in Germany.
“We greatly welcome the fact that the Chancellor
wants to gain a first-hand impression of the
Among other things, the talks with Chancellor
progress being made in renewable energies,”
Merkel focused on ways in which the German
said Thomas Richterich, CEO of Nordex SE, which
industry can maintain its top technological po-
supports the basic goals of the energy policy –
sition in the international markets. As Richterich
namely to ensure reliable and climate-friendly
explained: “More and more countries are
supply of energy at competitive prices.
establishing their own local industry. If it is to
remain competitive at an international level, the
German wind power industry must also heighten
its innovativeness. As a good 90 % of our
business comes from exports these days, this
issue is of crucial importance for the future
of our industry.”
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Environment
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SELF-COMMITMENT
Environmental protection at Nordex
In the absence of any fundamental change in the
government maximum limits for emissions of
way in which energy is produced, the quality of
dust, solvents, odours and wastewater. In addition,
life of future generations will be at risk as grow-
Nordex attaches the greatest possible importance
ing demand for energy around the world has
to insulation and heat recycling. In preparation
resulted in enormous emissions of greenhouse
of the implementation of a global site safety and
gases. Wind power forms a crucial component in
environmental production management system,
these efforts. Thus, a megawatt/hour of electricity
in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 and DIN EN
generated using the wind avoids the production
ISO 14001, environmental parameters were collec-
of roughly one ton of the CO2, which is emitted
ted and processed at the Company’s facilities in
when electricity is produced from coal, for ex-
Rostock and Hamburg in 2009. Nordex sees this
ample. Last year alone, Nordex turbines were able
as offering considerable potential for improving
to prevent emissions of several million tons of
its ecological balance, which it plans to enhance
harmful gases. Each turbine recoups the energy
step by step in the future.
consumed in producing it after only around seven
months. This calculation includes the energy used
When it comes to building installation manage-
throughout the entire production process as well
ment, Nordex is also focusing on environmental
as transportation to the site of deployment. Once
protection by ensuring that all its buildings com-
in operation, each turbine provides clean energy
ply with the low energy standards as far as pos-
for around 20 years.
sible. Thus, the new facility in the United States
will have an integrated geothermal HVAC system,
Even a single Nordex multi-megawatt turbine can
while the new head office in Hamburg, which is
supply enough energy to cover the requirements
still under construction, has already been award-
of up to 3,000 four-person households. Today,
ed a preliminary “Gold” certificate by the German
over 4,000 Nordex turbines are in operation
Association of Sustainable Building.
worldwide, helping to ensure clean and secure
energy supplies around the globe.
However, at Nordex, environmental protection
is not confined to its products, but starts at the
production phase. In Rostock, the Company is
currently building one of the most modern and
environmentally friendly facilities for the production of wind power turbines and rotor blades.
These production technologies not only satisfy,
but actually remain well short of, the stringent
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Engineering
WIND FARM MANAGEMENT
Getting a grip on the grid
They are required to limit effective power, provide
The question as to whether the CWE should be
idle power or contribute to maintaining voltage:
deployed in the planned wind farm is determined
modern wind farms are power stations which
together with the customer during the sales or
must satisfy countless different requirements de-
project phase. The customer’s requirements are
fined in the applicable grid codes. This is supple-
documented in a list of specifications and signals
mented by customer specifications, such as effect-
forming the basis for later implementation.
ive or idle power requirements or the provision of
digital interfaces for managing the wind farm. As
the individual turbines in the wind farm are not
able to meet these requirements on their
own, an overarching solution, known as the
wind farm master, is necessary. Nordex
uses the Combined Wind Farm Management and Electrical System –
or CWE for short – for
this purpose.
The CWE manages all the turbines in the wind
farm in accordance with the grid codes, simultaneously providing an interface with the higher
level control systems used by the grid operator
and the customer. The system is located at the
grid connection point at the wind farm and communicates cyclically with all wind power systems
in the wind farm. For this purpose, the CWE is
linked with instrument transformers at the grid
connection point, which it uses to calculate
various parameters such as voltage, electricity,
frequency, effective power and idle power.
The CWE then makes its “decisions” concerning
the management of the individual wind power
systems on the basis of the target levels which
have been defined, the turbine status and the
readings recorded at the grid connection point.
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The Nordex CWE is a sophisticated and
thoroughly tested standard solution, able
to accommodate most customer and grid
operator requirements. In addition, changing
requirements are reviewed on a continuous basis
and incorporated in enhancements to the CWE,
which then undergoes intensive testing at Nordex’s
laboratory using a simulation system to ensure
correct functioning and compliance with the redefined specifications. In this way, Nordex ensures
that the wind farm will be operated to optimum
effect later on and that the customer receives a
fully functional product. Real conditions are simulated as accurately as possible in the software test
laboratory. For this purpose, all signals and the
physical response of the individual wind power
systems and the wind farm are modelled in realtime simulations. The grid topology used in the
laboratory matches the situation in the field.
Only after all test scenarios have been
completed successfully is the CWE
installed and activated when
the wind farm goes on
line.
Nordex has already installed CWE systems at over
110 wind farms – particularly in France, Portugal,
the UK and Germany – with this figure rising.
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Service
MODERNISATION
Legacy wind power systems
given a “new lease
on life”
Nordex Service currently has over
2,200 wind turbines on its books.
Many of these have been operating
for 15 years or more, a fact which
testifies to their quality and the maintenance service provided. Still, this
cannot conceal the fact that older turbines are no longer up to contemporary standards.
request comprehensive system modernisation
This particularly applies to small assembly groups,
from us. The Product Modernisation Centre at
large components and also safety-related parts.
Nordex Services is responsible for modernisation,
Modernising and updating existing wind power
and aims to upgrade legacy turbines by fitting
systems is one way of implementing the latest
them out with new technology in the interests of
technology in turbines which have been in opera-
enhanced investment protection and the contin-
tion for a protracted period of time. This update
ued long-term economic viability of customers’
provides the basis for the continued high availa-
systems.
bility and reliable operations of older turbines
over the coming years.
Nordex’s TIP (“Technical Improvement Programme”) modernisation programme offers
Nordex customers can either order standard mod-
numerous retrofit standard packages. Our custo-
ernisation packages for specific components or
mers are able to opt for individual modernisation
An N80 in Mahlberg
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components, which are steadily widened through
In this case, a project manager at the Product Mod-
the addition of new technical developments. The
ernisation Centre oversees the professional exe-
modular TIP range includes options such as the
cution of the overall project and, working jointly
installation of automatic lubrication and filter
with the customer and the service account mana-
systems or the condition monitoring system, as
ger, assembles the optimum technical solution for
well as software and hardware updates for the
the wind farm. At the same time, service specialists
control system or the complete replacement of the
scrutinise the system ahead of the project, analyse
pitch system. These activities do not require any
the customer’s requirements, hold talks with exter-
extensive project planning phase. What is more,
nal consultants and clarify any permit-related mat-
the Nordex service technician on site can either
ters with the responsible authorities. This forms
perform the work in steps or as a single job.
the basis for a plan for retrofitting the turbine in the
light of the latest technological developments and
Comprehensive large-scale modernisation com-
in a manner ensuring the best value for money. At
prises individual activities. Thus, the slip rings and
the same time, efforts are made to keep the outage
drives are replaced and the brakes and converters
times as short as possible. Once the plan has been
enhanced in the pitch system; the transmission
approved, the first step is for the existing compon-
is updated to the latest model for the platform in
ents to be dismantled. For this purpose, the main
question; the bearings are replaced, individual
systems are removed and overhauled at Nordex’s
components updated and the gear toothing over-
own facilities or at the workshops of selected
hauled. In addition, the control software in the con-
suppliers. Following the completion of intensive
trol box is updated and the generator completely
component testing, we install the overhauled parts
overhauled with new roller bearings – to name just
at the wind farm and put the turbine back into oper-
a few examples.
ation. The result is proven wind power technology
with modern components incorporating the latest
technological developments.
The first major modernisation project for 2010 has recently been successfully completed.
The following components were modernised:
Gearbox overhauled
Main transformer modernised
Generator overhauled
Yaw system modernised
Software and control bus upgraded
Pitch system modernised
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Europe
GERMANY
Nordex acquiring a stake in an offshore project
In May, Nordex signed a contract to acquire
Construction of the first turbines is planned for
a roughly 40 % stake in the project company
2014. In this connection, the shareholders assume
which is developing the “Arcadis Ost 1” offshore
that permits will be awarded in 2011. The planned
wind farm. The planned site is located within the
area has been zoned as a suitable maritime re-
12 nautical mile zone of the German part of the
gion and the preparatory work on the application
Baltic Sea, 17 kilometres north-east of the island
process has reached an advanced stage. Nordex
“Rügen” at a water depth of around 40 metres.
started work last year on developing a new multi-
In the preliminary construction phase, around
megawatt turbine for offshore deployment.
70 turbines with a combined capacity of at least
300 megawatts are to be installed there. Given a
mean wind speed of 9.6 m/s and around 3,600 full
load hours, the wind farm is expected to achieve
an annual energy yield of over 1,100 gigawatt/
hours, sufficient to provide 282,000 households
with electricity, simultaneously avoiding
more than one million tons of carbon dioxide
emissions.
Study of the
offshore turbine
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“In Germany, in particular, the targets defined in
The majority shareholder in the project company
the government’s climate policy can only be
is WV Energie AG, a 50 % subsidiary of Winter-
achieved by the greater construction of offshore
shall AG. The remaining 50 % of WV Energie AG
wind farms. For this reason, a market segment
is owned by more than 200 German utilities.
comprising turbines with a new installed capacity
of over five gigawatts per annum will emerge
over the next few years. Following preliminary
test installations in the Baltic Sea, “Arcadis Ost 1”
will be our reference project in the offshore market,” says Thomas Richerich, CEO of Nordex SE.
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Europe
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21
SWEDEN
Skellefteå Kraft AB orders 295 MW
Nordex has signed a framework agreement with
“Skellefteå Kraft is a strong and important partner
the municipally owned utility Skellefteå Kraft AB,
for our activities in Scandinavia. And this order
Skellefteå, to supply a total of 118 turbines of
also shows that we have adapted our product
the N100/2500 series. The project concerned is
well to the climatic conditions in Sweden,” says
“Blaiken”, which with 250 megawatts (MW) is to
Thomas Richterich, CEO at Nordex SE. This
be the largest wind farm in Sweden, and the two
is also demonstrated by reference projects that
forerunner projects “Jokkmokksliden” (25 MW)
Nordex has installed through its subsidiary in
and “Storliden” (20 MW). The projects are lo-
Sweden. In the last two years alone, the Group
cated in the county of Västerbotten, in the north
has put wind farms with a volume of more than
of Sweden, where wind speeds reach 7 metres
120 MW on grid there.
per second with phases of permafrost. This is
why Nordex will be supplying its turbines
“We have chosen Nordex after a very thorough
in the cold-climate version and using
examination of the market for wind turbines. In
a new type of de-icing system for
addition to the fact that they are competitive in
the rotor blades.
price and quality, they demonstrate good practice
and attitude towards the challenges ahead in
We will install the first machines
this year in order to be able
the projects,” says Anders Järvelä, VP Electrical
Generation and Sales at Skellefteå Kraft AB.
to connect the two smaller
projects to the grid in 2011.
This is to be followed by the
start of building for the large
“Blaiken” project. Prepara-
The Swedish government has substantially raised
its targets for extending the use of wind energy
with a view to meeting the climate protection
targets set by the European Union. For instance,
tions are already underway
as early as 2015, wind farms are to feed in at least
for the 100 installations in
10,000 GWh of electricity. Experts expect some
order to ensure that the
3,000 MW of new generating capacity to be built
deadline is met, because
over the same period. Around 1,500 MW of
Skellefteå Kraft has set itself
capacity was in operation at the end of 2009.
some ambitious targets. Together, the
three projects now commissioned are to generate more than 700 GWh of “green” electricity
a year.
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GREECE
Delivery of twelve multi-megawatt turbines
Nordex has been awarded a contract for the
a second prevail. The “high-speed” turbine ver-
delivery of twelve N90/2500 multi-megawatt
sions will be generating an annual yield of 66,000
turbines to a Greek wind farm developer. The first
megawatt / hours, sufficient to supply 14,500
few turbines are to be delivered and installed this
households with electricity while avoiding emis-
autumn, with the entire 30 MW wind farm to go
sions of more than 65,000 tons of carbon dioxide.
on line by mid 2011.
What is more, the delivery contract includes
The wind farm is located close to the coast in
five-year premium service. The customer will be
north Greece, where wind speeds of 7 metres
executing the infrastructure preparations itself.
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IRELAND
N80 wind farm being constructed in County Tyrone
The first joint project between Nordex and UK
The wind farm marks the first project for DW Con-
developer DW Consultancy Ltd. has been signed
sultancy to go to construction in Northern Ireland.
and sealed: DW Consultancy has ordered eight
DW Consultancy are active wind farm developers
Nordex N80/2500 turbines for their Northern Irish
in Northern Ireland, with four wind farm projects
wind farm known as “Screggagh”. Nordex will
(totalling 50 MW) currently permitted full planning
be supplying the wind turbines from its European
permission, and a further eight projects (totalling
production facility in Rostock in September.
more than 100 MW) within the planning system.
These additional projects present the prospect
The turbines will be built in County Tyrone.
of possible follow-up contracts for Nordex, one
The average wind speed at the site is 8.5 m/s.
of the top suppliers of turbines in the UK market.
Thanks to the N80/2500 strong-wind turbine,
Screggagh will be able to supply around
10,500 households a year with clean electricity.
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America
USA
Nordex awarded 50 MW project
In spring 2010, Nordex USA, Inc. was awarded
fuel sources. Roth Rock will displace about
an order for 20 N90 2.5 megawatt wind turbines
107,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions in a
to be installed at a 50-megawatt wind farm in
region traditionally dependent on coal.
Garrett County, Maryland. The contract with
developer and future operator, Synergics, in-
“We were fortunate to have Nordex as we went
cludes installation and a five-year maintenance
through the process of bringing the first wind
agreement.
farm to Maryland,” said Wayne Rogers, CEO of
Synergics. “Their support and the enthusiasm
Nordex will begin delivering and installing tur-
of our customers and constituents have made this
bines in August, with completion and commis-
project possible. We chose Nordex for its leading
sioning of the project slated for December 2010.
technology and proven track record –
The “Roth Rock” wind farm will generate about
but we also benefited from
124,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year,
their expertise.”
which is enough to power nearly 11,300 homes
at rates that are cost-competitive with existing
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25
PAKISTAN
33 turbines for FFC Energy Limited
In March 2010, Nordex signed a contract with FFC
Energy Limited (FFCEL), Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
for the delivery of a 50 MW wind farm. Known as
“Jhampir”, the wind farm is to be built in the province of Sindh, where the government of Pakistan
is planning to establish new capacity of around
4,600 megawatts. The average wind speed at the
site of the planned project is 7.8 metres per sec-
Delivery of the 33 turbines which are to be pro-
ond. FFCEL has therefore opted for the Nordex
duced at the Nordex facilities in China is expected
S77/1500 series, which is specially designed for
to commence in the fourth quarter of this year.
medium-strong wind conditions. Additional
FFCEL is planning to build further “green” power
technical changes will be implemented to raise
stations to cover the growing demand for renew-
the maximum operational temperature of the
able energies. To this end, it has already obtained
turbines in this extremely hot climate location.
a letter of intent for another 100 MW of wind
farms from the government of Pakistan.
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CHINA
Utilities order 57 megawatts
Nordex acquires the next orders in the People’s
This wind farm is not the first joint project for
Republic: the Chinese utilities Beijing Energy and
Nordex and Beijing Energy: the wind turbine
Ningxia Electric Power have ordered a total of 38
manufacturer has already put around 100 mega-
wind turbines from the S77/1500 series. The tur-
watts on grid for its Chinese customers.
bines are due to start operation as early as the
summer of this year.
As of May, Nordex will also be providing five
turbines for Ningxia Power’s “Taiyanshan” and
With 33 machines, the “Keyouzhongqi” wind
“Mahuangshan I” wind farms. In addition to this,
farm, owned by the customer Beijing Energy,
there are plans to extend the “Mahuangshan II”
accounts for the larger part of the deliveries now
project. Nordex is installing the wind farms in
agreed. At the site in Inner Mongolia tempera-
the province of Ningxia, where the turbine manu-
tures can reach as low as 30 degrees below zero.
facturing facility jointly operated by Nordex and
For this reason, Nordex is supplying the cold-
Ningxia Power is located.
climate version of the turbines. With an expected
annual yield of around 120 mill. kilowatt-hours,
Ningxia Power last placed a substantial order with
Keyouzhongqi will be able to supply some 70,000
Nordex in autumn last year. The 22 turbines from
Chinese households with clean electricity.
the new S82/1500 series, especially designed for
inland locations, and the proven S77/1500 are
now in operation.
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News
WORLDWIDE INSTALLATIONS
Diverse
up to
1 MW
N60/1300
N62/1300
S70/1500
S77/1500
N77/1500
S82/1500
N82/1500
N90/2300
N80/2500
N90/2500
Austria
6
3
-
-
-
-
Belgium
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bulgaria
-
4
-
-
-
Canada
-
20
-
-
-
China
N100/2500
Total
installations
Total
(MW)
-
-
9
5.30
-
2
2
5.00
-
1
-
5
7.70
-
-
-
20
26.00
492.40
204
41
214
3
-
-
-
-
462
Columbia
-
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
19.50
Czech Republic
-
-
3
-
-
3
-
-
6
12.00
Denmark
125
52
-
-
2
-
1
-
180
148.55
Egypt
105
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
105
63.00
Estonia
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
8
18.40
Finland
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3.90
France
58
35
-
-
145
27
160
24
449
942.95
544
353
450
1
85
35
15
18
1,501
1,819.65
46
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
51
41.35
263
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
263
57.85
-
4
-
-
-
10
30
-
44
105.20
389.10
Germany
Greece
India
Ireland
Italy
2
-
32
-
90
14
39
-
177
Japan
16
29
-
-
-
2
9
-
56
73.10
Netherlands
10
-
-
-
-
25
13
-
48
102.20
Norway
-
-
-
-
-
16
-
-
16
40.00
Poland
1
-
7
-
9
4
20
-
41
91.45
Portugal
3
32
-
-
86
-
46
-
167
356.80
142.80
Spain
25
56
-
-
-
-
22
-
103
Sweden
1
-
-
-
-
-
53
-
54
133.10
Turkey
-
-
-
-
-
-
101
-
101
252.50
United Kingdom
9
60
-
-
26
109
70
-
274
591.90
USA
12
12
-
-
-
-
26
-
50
91.45
Others*
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
11.70
4,231
Total
installations (MW)
Total (MW)
1,451
719
706
4
451
245
611
44
757.85
934.70
1,059.00
6.00
1,037.30
612.50
1,527.50
110.00
Total installations: 4,231 Total MW: 6,044.85
*Others: Australia, Belarus, Israel, Latvia, Luxemburg, Russia, Syria, Hungary, Uruguay. (Total countries: 36).
–
6,044.85
As of: August 1st, 2010
SHORT NEWS +++ SHORT NEWS +++ SHORT NEWS +++ SHORT NEW
First multi-megawatt turbine for Greece
In June we installed the first N90/2500 wind power system in Greece, near the harbour town of
Nafpaktos. Prior to this, only older Nordex turbines in the kilowatt class had been in operation there.
The N90/2500 is part of the “Scopia” project, where Nordex will be installing a further seven turbines
of the same type. Nordex plans to install a total of 40 N90/2500 turbines in Greece by mid 2011.
Giornata Mondiale del Vento
“Giornata Mondiale del Vento”, presumably the world’s longest wind fair, took place in Rome from May 22
until June 20. It is targeted more at the general public rather than at trade visitors. There are still unjustified
reservations about wind power in Italy in particular. “The aim was to make people aware that wind is an
important and strong source of energy and to showcase the technology which is being used to harness it,”
explains Franceso Paolo Liuzzi, managing director of Nordex Italy. Nordex showcased the drive train of a
2.5 MW turbine at the fair.
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WE ARE REPRESENTED
with offices and subsidiaries worldwide.
Nordex SE
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Germany
Phone: +49 40 30030 1000
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+49 40 30030 1101
E-mail: info@nordex-online.com
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Bornbarch 2, 22848 Norderstedt
Germany
Phone: +49 40 30030 1209
Fax:
+49 40 30030 1301
E-mail: info@nordex-online.com
Spain
Nordex Energy Ibérica S.A.
Pso. de la Castellana, 23 2º-A
28046 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 7000356
Fax:
+34 91 3199388
E-mail: SalesSpain@nordex-online.com
France
Nordex France S.A.S.
1, Rue de la Procession
93217 La Plaine Saint-Denis, France
Phone: +33 1 55 93 43 43
Fax:
+33 1 55 93 43 40
E-mail: SalesFrance@nordex-online.com
Sweden, Finland
Nordex Sverige AB
Kungsängsvägen 21, 75323 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 185 900
Fax:
+46 18 185 927
E-mail: SalesSweden@nordex-online.com
Rest of the world
Nordex Energy GmbH
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Germany
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Fax:
+49 208 8241 105
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Benelux
Nordex Energy GmbH Benelux
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Phone: +31 513 41 23 54
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+31 513 41 85 88
E-mail: SalesBenelux@nordex-online.com
Denmark, Norway, Baltic countries
Nordex Energy GmbH
Niels Bohrs Vej 12 B, 6000 Kolding, Denmark
Phone: +45 75 73 44 00
Fax:
+45 75 73 41 47
E-mail: SalesDenmark@nordex-online.com
Italy
Nordex Italia S.r.l.
Viale Città d’Europa 679, 00144 Roma, Italy
Phone: +39 06 83 46 30 1
Fax:
+39 06 83 46 30 60
E-mail: SalesItaly@nordex-online.com
UK
Nordex UK Ltd.
Suite 4, Egerton House
The Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road,
Didsbury M20 2DX, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 161 445 99 00
Fax:
+44 161 445 99 88
E-mail: SalesUK@nordex-online.com
Poland
Nordex Polska Sp. z o.o.
Ul. Puławska 182, 02-670 Warszawa, Poland
Phone: +48 22 4875199
E-mail: SalesPoland@nordex-online.com
Ireland
Nordex Energy Ireland Ltd.
Clonmel House, Forster Way
Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 897 0260
Fax:
+353 1 897 0299
E-mail: SalesIreland@nordex-online.com
Turkey
Nordex enerji A.Ş.
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Turkey
Phone: +90 212 465 36 03
Fax:
+90 212 465 36 04
E-mail: SalesTurkey@nordex-online.com
USA, North America
Nordex USA, Inc.
300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1500
Chicago, Illinois 60606, USA
Phone: +1 312 386 4100
Fax:
+1 312 386 4101
E-mail: SalesUSA@nordex-online.com
Asia
Nordex China
Room 808, First Shanghai Center, No. 39
Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100125, P. R. China
Phone: +86 10 84 53 51 88
Fax:
+86 10 84 53 51 58
E-mail: SalesChina@nordex-online.com
As of: 09/2010
Austria, South-east Europe
Nordex Energy GmbH
Am Wassen 20, 4755 Zell an der Pram
Austria
Phone: +43 7764 69259
Fax:
+43 7764 69259 20
E-mail: SalesAustria@nordex-online.com
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