As in 2019, last week the Nordex Group’s Turkish subsidiary, together with the TWRE (Turkish Women in Renewables and Energy), organized a second technical workshop for young women. This training was carried out under the coordination of the Nordex Training Coordinator, Melike Sezginer, and İzmir Office Manager, Gülçe Çalışkan, and with additional contributions from Selim […]
Brazil offers excellent wind conditions, with wind energy now one of the country’s most important sources of energy. Mid 2020, the installed capacity in Brazil reached 16 GW. This represents a significant rise in recent years and has seen the wind energy sector become an increasingly important element of the Brazilian electricity market. After hydroelectric […]
Hamburg, 11 September 2020. 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 Nordex Group has successfully completed the first part of the Dutch 300 MW project Wieringermeer for its customer Vattenfall: The last of 50 N117/3600 turbines were connected to the grid in August. The location of the project – not to mention the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – posed particular challenges. Construction of the […]
Following a long period in which Poland’s climate policy has largely neglected renewable energies across the country, the country’s Ministry of Climate is setting new priorities for green investments in the Polish energy industry. This means that Poland, which covers most of its energy demand with fossil fuels, may now be at a turning point […]
Mid of July, 2020, Nordex Energy South Africa handed over grant funding to six emerging contractors who are part of our Enterprise Development Programme in Roggeveld. This ceremony comes after a series of capacity building workshops, business needs assessments and business readiness analysis interviews. The aim of the Enterprise Development Programme is to create sustainable […]
• First project from 300 MW framework contract for Germany Hamburg 30 July 2020. Nordex Group has delivered turbines for the wind farm developer UKA for the first time and completed the first construction phase of a wind farm in Germany. The 13.5 MW wind farm “Leeskow II & IV” with three N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in […]
The Nordex Group is aware of its social responsibility for the population in the vicinity of wind farms, and an example of this is Brazil. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic which continues to have a negative impact on the income and livelihoods of many families in the region, employees at the concrete towers plant […]
On 1st July 2020, the Nordex Group started its Construction Skills Development Programme in Roggeveld, South Africa. It consists of 15 young people between the ages of 20 to 28, split equally men and women – from the communities of Sutherland, Laingsburg and Matjiesfontein. The area is characterised by low education outcomes and skills base, […]
Last week, the Spanish government approved the Royal Decree Law 23/2020, which promotes the wind energy sector to reach the goal of the national energy and climate plan, in addition to supporting the economic recovery of the country as a whole. Spain is the Nordex Group’s second home base and, in view of the country’s […]