Nordex has received an order from ABO Wind for the supply and installation of turbines for a 43MW project in Finland.
The Kokkoneva wind farm will host nine N149/4.0-4.5 turbines, supplied in a 4.8MW operating mode.
Installation is scheduled for the second half of 2021.
The contract also includes a 15-year service agreement with an extension option to 25 years.
Kokkoneva will be built south of Kestila in the municipality of Siikalatva in north-eastern Bottnia, not far from Lake Oulujarvi.
Nordex will supply the wind turbines in a “cold climate” version and will install them on tubular steel towers with a hub height of 155 metres.
This enables the turbines to generate the “highest possible” yield at the site, which has an average annual wind speed of 7.4 metres per second.
In 2019 ABO Wind was awarded the contract to operate the Kokkoneva wind farm in the first technology-neutral tender for renewables in Finland.
ABO Wind Oy managing director Aapo Koivuniemi said: “This underlines that we are one of the leading project developers in Finland.”
The Finnish subsidiary has connected 100MW to the grid and sold project rights amounting to more than 210MW in the development phase.
Around 22 employees from the Helsinki office are working on projects with a total volume of more than 1.5GW.
“We are very pleased with the renewed confidence in our technology and service expertise from ABO Wind. With this order, we are further expanding our position in the important wind market in Finland, where we have been active for a decade now and have achieved a leading position,” said Patxi Landa, Nordex chief sales officer.