Nordex Extends O&M Agreement For 400 MW Wind Farm in Montana

The Nordex Group has received an order from NaturEner USA to provide Premium O&M services for their 400 MW fleet of turbines in Montana, USA.

The Nordex Group has received an order from NaturEner USA to provide Premium Operation and Maintenance (O&M) services for their 400 MW fleet of Acciona Windpower turbines in Montana, USA.

“We are proud that NaturEner opts again for our service and maintenance. We know that NaturEner has high expectations of the service quality and we very much appreciate the repeated trust set in our competence,” said Pablo Pulpeiro, CEO Nordex USA.

The related wind projects are: Glacier Wind phases 1 & 2, located near Ethridge and Rim Rock, located near Kevin. The three wind projects consist of 266 units of AW77/1500 Acciona Windpower wind turbines. The Nordex Group has been providing O&M services to each of the projects since operations commenced in 2009. This extension renews the service agreements for up to 10 years.

“We are pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with the Nordex Group and to extend our O&M agreements,” said Jim Kutey, President of NaturEner USA. “By renewing our contracts, we are continuing to rely on the Nordex Group to provide reliable, high performance, cost-effective O&M services. Our shared goal is to maximise safe, reliable operations for years to come.”

This extension adds to the robust service order backlog for the Nordex Group in North America, which currently is comprised of 4.2 GW of serviced assets.

Recently, the company announced that it has won two orders worth 187 MW for wind projects in Spain and Poland.

The first project in Spain has been received from the Grupo Enhol, a Spanish project developer. All in all, the Nordex Group will supply and install 27 AW132/3465 turbines with a rated capacity totaling 93.55 megawatts for its new customer.

The second order has been received for the installation of a 94 MW project in Poland. The “Pomerania” project is to be built in the north of the country. The Nordex Group is to supply and install 28 N131/3600 turbines and one N117/3000 machine for its customer, the Lithuanian utility Lietuvos Energija.