Nordex seals 17.5MW French deal

FRANCE: Nordex has won a contract to install the turbines on a 17.5MW project being built in France by Steag New Energies.

by Patrick Smith 2 April 2015

Nordex will install its N100/2500 turbines on the project

The German manufacturer will install seven N100/2500 turbines on the Cormainville project, 120 kilometres south west of Paris.

Installation will begin in January 2016, with the project expected to go online in the summer of the same year. While the project is owned by Steag, it is being planned by project developer Volkswind.

Nordex also won a contract in February to install the turbines on Steag's 27MW Onze Muids project in northern France.

The turbines for the Cormainville project are designed for medium wind speeds, and Nordex said they are expected to achieve a capacity factor of around 34% on this project

Steag operates wind projects with a total capacity of 118MW in France, Germany and Poland.