Cause for celebration: Nordex produces its 1,000th large-scale turbine

Proven plant engineering and optimised production process

Rostock, 27 October 2008. Celebration at Nordex in Rostock: today the company completed the 1,000th turbine in its N80/N90 series. Nordex is considered a specialist for proven multi-megawatt turbines. “We produced our 1st 2.5 MW machine in the year 2000 – a world record at the time”, recalls Carsten Pedersen, COO Sales and Marketing. “More than eight years of wide-ranging experience with this turbine class in all climate zones give us a considerable competitive edge.”

1,000 N80/N90s also mean eight years of “evolution” in production processes and plant engineering. As a result, this year alone the manufacturer has managed to reduce production hours by around five percent thanks to increased numbers and improved processes. In addition, Nordex developers are constantly optimising their turbines on the basis of long-term practical experience with this turbine class. The most recent member of the product family is the N100, which is designed for inland locations with an extra-large rotor diameter of 100 metres.

Some 60 persons worked in shifts on the jubilee machine. As with every turbine at Nordex, it passed through six production stages with a total of around 570 parts being installed – from the gearbox down to the smallest screw. The “Number 1,000” is intended for the “Lisset Airfield” project in the United Kingdom. At this site, some 40 minutes to the North of Hull in Yorkshire, Nordex will be installing 12 N90/2500 turbines for Novera Energy Ltd as of November.

The Group has installed more than 29 GW of wind energy capacity in over 40 markets and in 2019 generated revenues of EUR 3.3 billion. The company currently employs a workforce of approx. 7,900. The joint manufacturing capacity includes factories in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the United States, India, Argentina and Mexico. The product portfolio is focused on onshore turbines in the 2.4 to 5.X MW class, which are tailor-made for the market requirements in countries with limited space and regions with limited grid capacity.