Nordex Group has won an order for the installation of ten N133/4.8 wind turbines at the “Crossdykes” wind power project in Scotland, which is located 13 kilometres to the north east of Lockerbie, for its new customer, Muirhall Energy. This is the first wind farm order for Nordex for the strong wind turbine variant in the Delta4000 generation presented in spring 2018. Construction work is due to start in 2019. Nordex will provide maintenance and service for the wind farm for a period of 20 years.
With
the high installed capacity of the turbines of 4.8 MW, their hub height
of 110 metres and a good wind profile, Muirhall Energy is to operate
the wind farm without government funding. After its completion in 2020
“Crossdykes” will be able to supply 45,000 households with clean
electricity.
“The wind farm will be operated without
financial support from the government. This shows that the production of
electricity from wind power using the latest technology at very good
sites can compete with conventional sources of energy,” says Patxi
Landa, CSO of the Nordex Group.
Chris Walker, Managing
Director of Muirhall Energy, says: “We are delighted to be starting
construction on what will be one of the first subsidy-free developments
to come online in the UK. That is testament to the work we have done as a
company, but also the flexibility shown by all of our partners, such as
the Nordex Group, as we finalised our plans for the project.”
The
service agreement concluded with Muirhall Energy is linked to
production-based availability. This offers security in terms of
production for the wind farm operator and in turn makes it possible for
Nordex to carry out preventive maintenance work, depending on the wind.
