Vestas Bags Second Order for 34 MW Wind Project in Germany
With the recovery in German wind market from a historic low in 2019 due to lack of permits, Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has secured its second and final order for the 34 MW Dreieck Spreeau wind project in Germany.
August 14, 2020. By Manu Tayal
With the recovery in German wind market from a historic low in 2019 due to lack of permits, Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has secured its second and final order for the 34 MW Dreieck Spreeau wind project in Germany.
The first order was placed by ABO Wind AG for 8 MW which comprised of two V150-4.2 MW turbines, and this order follows an unannounced 25 MW order for the same wind park earlier this year, the company said in a statement.
This order win is significant for Vestas as it is its largest project with V150-4.2 MW turbines in Germany to date.
Commenting on the winning the order, Dr. Ute Simon, Head of ABO Wind’s Berlin office, said that “in these challenging times with very few permits for German wind farms, we are especially happy about this flagship project.”
“Despite the coronavirus pandemic, we are contributing to the energy transition in Germany without delay, thanks to our good cooperation with the Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA) and Vestas,” Dr. Simon added.
The company said that it had closely worked with the customer to tailor the solution for the wind park that comprised of an aggregate of its eight V150-4.2 MW turbines at 166m hub heights for maximising the annual energy production of the project.
“I would like to thank ABO Wind for once again choosing Vestas as a partner for realising this significant project. Despite the success of the 5.6 MW EnVentus turbines, the V150-4.2 MW turbine still remains a popular turbine globally as well as in Germany, where it delivers an excellent cost of energy for our customers,” commented Alex Robertson, Vice President Sales DACH, Vestas Northern & Central Europe.
On the recovery signs in German market, Robertson said, “ABO Wind’s success with the V150-4.2 MW turbine shows, that barriers against permits for new projects can be overcome. With a slowly growing volume of permitted projects, we see that the order intake and installations are going up as well. It is important that this development continues, and that the expansion really picks up speed again. The German energy turnaround must finally get back on track”.
Furthermore, the scope of contract includes supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a 15-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement.
Also, the deliveries of turbines are expected to begin in Q4 of 2021, while commissioning is likely to be in Q1 of 2022.
Meanwhile, this order takes the company’ firm order intake in Germany past 250 MW in 2020, adding to it’ 8,300 wind turbines aggregating over 14.5 GW installed in the country.
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