Nordex has secured a 148MW turbine order for the Karahka wind project in Finland.
The contract, first reported in the latest reNEWS subscriber-only issue, is for 25 N163/5.X turbines and also includes a 35-year service contract.
Nordex will supply and install the turbines in spring 2024.
A consortium comprising Finnish energy utility Helen Oy and Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund placed the order for the project, which was developed by VSB Uusiutuva Energia Suomi.
The developer, which is the Finnish affiliate of VSB Group, an international project developer and operator for wind energy and photovoltaics, headquartered in Dresden, Germany, was awarded building permission in January 2022.
Since then, VSB, majority-owned by Partners Group, has sold the wind farm to the consortium will still being responsible for infrastructure work, due to begin in 2023.
The Karahka wind farm will be built in the north of the town of Oulainen in the region of North Ostrobothnia in Finland, some 40 km to the east of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Due to the harsh weather conditions in the winter months, Nordex will fit the turbines with its Advanced Anti-Icing-System to prevent the formation of ice on the rotor blades and will be supplying the turbines in the cold-climate version.
The concrete section of this hybrid tower has been developed by Nordex in-house and is based on many years of experience on its own development, production and installation of hybrid towers.
The concrete tower elements for the turbines in the Karahka wind farm are produced in Finland.
Nordex chief sales officer Patxi Landa said: “We are pleased that following the 165MW Kalistanneva wind farm we are now able to implement a further project for Helen and Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund in Finland and support Helen in its target of becoming climate-neutral by 2030.
“It is particularly noteworthy that for this project we will be working with a hub height of 168 metres, our highest hybrid tower, for the first time. Combined with the large rotor diameter of 163 metres, the turbines can be expected to produce large amounts of clean wind power at the site.”