Nordex has secured a 109MW turbine order for a wind project in Latvia, its first deal in the country.
Sia Laflora Energy, a subsidiary of peat extraction and processing company Laflora, has placed an order for the supply and installation of 16 N175/6.X machines.
The wind farm will begin generating power in the summer of 2026.
The contract for the project also includes a 35-year service agreement.
Nordex will install the N175/6.X turbines on hybrid towers developed in-house with hub heights of 179 metres and will deliver the machines in the company’s available cold climate version.
The Laflora wind farm which Latvian wind energy company Windy, developed on behalf of Laflora, will be installed in a former peat extraction area of the Kaigu bog in the municipality of Livberze in the Jelgava region.
The array will be part of Laflora’s planned wind park in the area owned by the company.
The state-owned Latvenergo Group, one of the leading energy generators in the Baltics, has meanwhile acquired a 100% stake in Laflora.
Laflora will help Latvenergo to reach its goal of 600MW of wind and solar capacity by 2026 and 2300MW by 2030.
After the wind park is commissioned, Laflora will purchase part of the renewable energy for the development of the green industrial zone, covering an area of 127 hectares, which will allow for the offsetting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated in peat extraction and processing and the implementation of the company’s climate neutrality strategy by 2050.
Nordex Group chief sales officer Patxi Landa said: “We are thrilled to introduce the first N175/6.X turbines to the Baltics – to date, they will be the biggest turbines in the region in terms of rotor diameter and with a hub height of 179 metres.
“We believe the N175/6.X is the perfect fit for plenty of projects in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
“We thank all project partners involved for placing their trust in Nordex and our technology and for this long-term future partnership.”
The project will strengthen wind turbine supply chain development in Latvia since components of the hybrid towers will be produced by Consolis Latvija, a Consolis group company.