Turbine Manufacturing
Innovation and Sustainability: LEITWIND transforms the Turkish Wind Energy Market
Wind energy plays a key role in achieving our country’s renewable energy goals. LEITWIND, an Italian company specialized in the design, installation, and maintenance of megawatt-class wind turbines (ranging from 250 kW to 3,000 kW), thanks to its investments in R&D and its wide product porfolio, is able to offer the most suitable solution for […]
Vestas plans to establish a second offshore factory in Poland to meet growing demand for offshore wind in Europe
Vestas wants to become a leader in offshore wind, supporting Europe’s build-out of offshore wind parks, and we are excited to announce our plans to establish a new blade factory in Szczecin, Poland. The factory is planned to produce blades for Vestas’ flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15.0 MW, and is expected to start operations […]
Nordex Group achieves order intake of 7.4 GW in the fiscal year 2023
The Nordex Group increased its order intake for 2023 by 16 percent to a total of 7.4 gigawatts (GW) with 1,270 wind turbines (previous year: 6.3 GW with 1,235 wind turbines). Order intake in the 4th Quarter of 2023 The fourth quarter accounted for 420 wind turbines (Q4 2022: 386) with a total output of […]
‘Fireflies’ with infrared vision could transform turbine inspections
Drone technology combined with active thermography could offer faster, cheaper and more in-depth inspection of wind turbine blades and aeroplane wings. Two Cambridge-based companies, Innvotek and Mapair, have successfully trialled a drone system that uses infrared technologies and artificial intelligence to inspect composite structures, including wind turbines and aircraft wings, for defects. Firefly Inspect can […]
55 MW order from Italy to the Nordex Group
The Nordex Group has received orders for supplying two wind farms with Delta4000 turbines for a total of 54.9 MW in Italy. For one 26.1 MW project, the Nordex is supplying five N149/5.X turbines, and a further six N133/4.8 turbines are going to be installed in a second 28.8 MW wind farm. The orders also […]
Nordex Group supplies turbines for 200 MW for Finland series
A Finnish wind farm developer has given submitted orders for Nordex Group to supply N163/5.X turbines for four wind farms. The total capacity reaches to 199.5 MW. The orders also include a Premium Service of the turbines for a period of 30 years. The project names and the customer are not revealed as per customer […]
Nordex Group starts 2021 with quarterly sales of Eur 1.25 billion
Operating performance In the first quarter of 2021, the Nordex Group once again increased installations output, installing 356 wind turbines in 20 countries with a total capacity of 1,400 MW. In the same quarter of the previous year, 269 wind turbines were installed in 21 countries with a total capacity of 899 MW. Of the […]
Nordex Group carries out scheduled quality assurance testing of the gearboxes of the initial N149/4.0-4.5 turbines
As part of the regular validation and certification process for its turbines in the Delta4000 series, the Nordex Group has replaced the gearboxes first installed in two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in Wennerstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. The turbines installed at this site in 2018 are the world’s first Delta4000 turbines of this model. The turbines have been […]
Nordex Group receives orders of 888 megawatts in the second quarter of 2020
The Nordex Group was able to obtain numerous firm orders in the second quarter of 2020 despite the difficult circumstances created by the coronavirus pandemic. From April to June, customers ordered 217 wind turbines for projects with a combined output of 888.0 megawatts (MW) (Q2 2019: 2,003.3 MW). The intake of firm orders in the […]
Continental equips Goldwind Wind Turbines with efficient drive belts
Technology company Continental is equipping the wind turbines made by Chinese manufacturer Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology with drive belts. In the unique and patented construction, the belts manufactured at the Dannenberg location in Germany allow the rotor blades to be adjusted at any time without the aid of gears or hydraulics. Continental engineers used […]
