Nordex has secured a 196MW turbine order for a wind project in Texas.
US renewables developer Swift Current Energy has signed an agreement with Nordex to purchase 41 N149/4.X wind turbines for its Castle Gap wind project in central Texas.
Both parties have also signed a service contract covering five years of operations and maintenance.
Delivery and installation of the turbines is scheduled for summer 2022 with commissioning of the turbines planned for the end of the same year.
Castle Gap is Swift Current’s second large scale wind development in Texas.
The company successfully developed and commercialised the 550MW High Lonesome wind project in Crockett and Upton Counties in 2019.
Swift Current has commercialised more than 1.1GW of projects since 2016 and has a growing pipeline of more than 6GW of wind, solar and energy storage projects across North America.
Eric Lammers, CEO of Swift Current, said: “Texas is the number one renewable energy generator in the United States, producing a quarter of the national total and over 21 percent of all in-state electricity generation.
“We are pleased to partner with the Nordex Group to secure turbine supply for our Castle Gap Wind Project and to meaningfully contribute to the clean energy landscape in Texas.”
Nordex will supply the turbines on tubular steel towers with a hub height of 108 metres.
Swift Current Energy is backed by Buckeye Partners and Nala Renewables.