Nordex to supply turbines for 518.7 MW onshore wind farm in Brazil
Statkraft Energias Renováveis – the Brazilian subsidiary of Europe’s biggest producer of renewable energy, the Norwegian Statkraft – placed a large-scale order with the Nordex Group for a 518.7 MW project in Brazil. The Nordex Group will equip Statkraft’s largest wind farm project to date in South America, named “Ventos de Santa Eugenia”, with 91 N163/5.X turbines.
It is the Nordex Group’s largest order for N163/5.X turbines since market launch of this turbine in 2019 so far and the first order outside Europe. The Nordex Group is now also supplying this turbine of the Delta4000 series with 5MW+ rated power to the Brazilian market.
Statkraft’s order also includes a Premium Service contract covering three years as well as a technical support agreement for the customer and the turbines over a period of 20 years.
The wind farm will be built near Uibaí in the state of Bahía, in the northeast of the country. The turbines will be supplied in an optimised operating mode of 5.7 MW and will be installed on 120-metre concrete towers.
For this wind project, the Nordex Group will be manufacturing the N163/5.X in Brazil. The concrete towers will likewise be made in one of the company’s own local plants near the site. In addition to this, Nordex is purchasing the rotor blades from Brazil in order to include a maximum of local value added in the project.
The project is expected to be operational in early 2023.
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