Nordex Group To Supply Turbines For 148 MW Wind Farm In Finland

The Nordex Group has announced that a consortium comprised of the Finnish energy utility Helen Oy and Alandsbanken Wind Power Fund has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply and install 25 N163/5.X turbines for the 147.5 MW Karahka Wind Farm in Finland.

The official statement held that the order also includes the Premium Service for the turbines covering a period of 35 years.

The Karahka Wind Farm was developed by VSB Uusiutuva Energia Suomi Oy, the Finnish affiliate of the VSB Group, and was granted building permission in January 2022. Ever since, VSB, majority owned by Partners Group, has sold off the farm to the consortium. The Nordex Group said that VSB is still responsible for infrastructure work, which is due to begin in 2023.

The wind turbines will be supplied while the installation is to begin by the Nordex Group in spring 2024.

The Karahka Wind Farm will be established in North Ostrobothnia in Finland which is to the east of the Gulf of Bothnia. Taking into account the extreme weather conditions in winter months, Nordex Group will fit the turbines with Advanced Anti-Icing-System in order to check the ice-formation on rotor blades.

In addition to this, a hybrid tower with a hub height of 168 metres will be used for the first time. The concrete section of this hybrid tower has been established by the Nordex Group in-house, which has capitalised on its vast experience in their own development, production and installation of hybrid towers. Nordex held that the great hub height enables the turbines to obtain the maximum energy yield at the site that has just average wind speeds.

Patxi Landa, CSO of the Nordex Group, stated, “We are pleased that following the 165 MW Kalistanneva wind farm we are now able to implement a further project for Helen and Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund in Finland and support Helen in its target of becoming climate-neutral by 2030. It is particularly noteworthy that for this project we will be working with a hub height of 168 metres, our highest hybrid tower, for the first time.”

The CSO also said that combined with the large rotor diameter of 163 metres, the turbines can be expected to produce large amounts of clean wind power at the site.