Nordex has won an order from its new customer Karayel Elektrik to supply turbines for a 77MW wind farm project in Turkey.
The manufacturer will supply and install 16 of its N149/4.0-4.5 turbines for the 76.8MW Vize-2 project in northern Turkey, which will complete construction at the end of 2020.
The turbines, from the Delta4000 series, will be supplied in the 4.8MW operating mode. The order also includes a 10-year servicing contract.
Karayel Elektrik is a project company owned by Nokta Investment Holding and Yilsan Investment Holding in Istanbul.
Vize-2 will be built near the city of Kirklareli, where average annual wind speeds are 7.8 metres a second. The wind farm will supply more than 240 gigawatt hours of clean electricity annually.
Karayel Elektrik will receive a higher feed-in remuneration for electricity generated by the wind farm due to Nordex having the towers, rotor blades, generators and anchor cages manufactured within Turkey.
Nordex chief sales officer Patxi Landa said: “With the N149/4.0-4.5 from the Delta4000 series, we are able to offer our customers a very powerful, as well as one of the most flexible, series turbines currently available on the market.
“Depending on their business model, customers have the possibility to opt for an operating mode between 4.0MW and 4.5MW or, like Karayel Elektrik, for 4.8MW.”