Nordex

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Nordex SE
Company type Societas Europaea
ISIN DE000A0D6554
Industry Wind power industry
Founded Give, Denmark 1985 (1985) [1]
Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Key people
José Luis Blanco Diéguez (CEO), Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products Wind turbines
ServicesMaintenance of wind turbines
RevenueIncrease2.svg €6.489 billion (2023) [2]
Increase2.svg €-208 million (2023) [2]
Increase2.svg €-302 million (2023) [2]
Total assets Increase2.svg €5.725 billion (end 2023) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svg €978 million (end 2023) [2]
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 10,133 (average, 2023) [2]
Website www.nordex-online.com

Nordex SE is a European company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines, founded in 1985 and headquartered in the German city of Hamburg with production in Germany, Brazil, India, Mexico, Poland and Spain. According to the company, it had installed wind turbines with a total capacity of around 50 GW in over 40 countries worldwide by the end of 2023. [3]

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History

The company was founded in Give, Denmark in 1985.[ citation needed ] In 1995 Nordex was the first company to mass-produce a 1 MW wind turbine booster.[ citation needed ]

On October 1, 2001, the bankrupt company of Südwind Babcock-Borsig was fully implanted into Nordex, which then continued to produce Südwind turbines in the 1.5 MW class (ProTec MD 1,500 kW) from 2001 - originally from "pro + pro Energiesysteme" (a subsidiary of aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH and Denker & Wulf) developed the S70 and later the S77 - under license..[ citation needed ]

In 2016, the wind turbine manufacture business unit of Spanish conglomerate Acciona, Acciona Windpower, merged with those of Nordex to form Nordex Group. [4] Acciona S.A. is now the main shareholder of the Nordex Group. [5]

Organisation

The company's headquarters are in the German city of Rostock while management is in Hamburg. Nordex produces at sites in Germany, Brazil, India, Mexico and Poland and Spain. The main production facility is located at the headquarters in Rostock. [3] Nordex has branches and subsidiaries in 19 countries.

Products

As of 2013, the third generation of Nordex wind turbines included two platforms, rated at 2.4 and 3.3 MW.[ citation needed ]

In Europe, Africa and North America Nordex manufactures and sells the Gamma series, a product family comprising the N90/2500, the N100/2500 and the N117/2400.[ citation needed ] The N90/2500 is a turbine being developed for strong winds. The N100/2500 consists of two versions, Highspeed and Lowspeed, the first one for rather windy locations, the second for medium wind conditions. The N117/2400 was designed especially for low-wind regions (IEC 3). The hub height of the 2.4-2.5 MW windturbines reaches from 65 meters for the N90/2500 to 141 meters for the low wind version of the N117/2400.

Technical data 2.5MW Gamma class

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N100/2500 in the United States
Nordex N117/2400 (Gamma) in Germany N117, Hohenahr 7.JPG
Nordex N117/2400 (Gamma) in Germany
Parameter [6] N80 IEC1N90 IEC1N90 IEC2N100 IEC 2N100 IEC3N117/2400 IEC3
Rated Power (kW)2,5002,5002,5002,5002,5002,400
Cut-in wind speed (m/s)333333
Cut-out wind speed (m/s)252525252520
Rotor diameter (m)809090100100117
Swept area (m2)5,0266,3626,3627,8237,82310,751
m2 per MW2,0102,5482,5483,1293,1294,480
Revolutions per minute10.8-18.910.3-18.19.6-16.89.6-14.89.6-14.87.5-13.2
Overspeed controlPitchPitchPitchPitchPitchPitch
Gearboxyesyesyesyesyesyes
Generatordouble-fed asynchronous generatordouble-fed asynchronous generatordouble-fed asynchronous generatordouble-fed asynchronous generatordouble-fed asynchronous generatordouble-fed asynchronous generator
Grid frequency50/60 Hertz 50/60 Hertz50/60 Hertz50/60 Hertz50/60 Hertz50/60 Hertz
Hub height (m)6065/70/8080/10075/80/10080/100/14091/120/141
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WKA Nordex

Delta/Delta4000-Class

Delta-Class-Turbine Windturbine HamburgWasser Steinwerder 01.jpg
Delta-Class-Turbine

In 2013 Nordex launched the Delta-Class-Series, entering series production in January 2014 with prototypes installed in mid-2013. There will be two new types of turbines, the N100/3300 strong-wind turbine and the N117/3000, which is designed for medium-wind sites. Both turbines feature the rotorblades already used in the Gamma-Series, with the rotorblades of the N117 being slightly upgraded to withstand the higher wind speeds in IEC wind class 2a. Both turbines are equipped with a three-stage gearbox and a doubly fed asynchronous generator. [7] [8]

Parameter [6] N117/3600N131/3600N131/3900N133/4.8N149/4.xN149/5.xN155/4.xN155/5.xN163/5.xN163/6.xN169/5.xN175/6.x
Rated Power (kW)3,6003,6003,9004,8004,000–4,500 MW (project specific up to 4,800)5,000-5,x004,000-4,x005,000-5,x005,000-5,x006,000-6,x00up to 5,5006,000-6,x00
Cut-in wind speed (m/s)3
Cut-out wind speed (m/s)252525up to 2820 (project specific up to 26)up to 262525up to 26up to 262420
Rotor diameter (m)116.8131131133.2149.1149.1155155163163169175
Tip speed (m/s)7781.686.2N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Swept area (m2)10,71513,47813,47813,93517,46017,46018,87018,87020,86720,86722,43224,053
m2 per MW2,9763,7443,4562903~4,300~3,400~4,700~3,700~4,100~3,400~4,000~4,000
Revolutions per minute7.9–14.17.5–13.67.9–14.4N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Overspeed controlPitch
Gearbox3-stage gearbox (planetary-planetary-spur gear)3-stage gearbox (planetary-planetary-spur gear)3-stage gearbox (planetary-planetary-spur gear)high-speed gearboxType 3-stage (planetary-planetary-spur gear)high-speed gearboxplanetary-planetary-spur gearplanetary-planetary-spur gearhigh-speed gearboxhigh-speed gearboxhigh-speed gearboxhigh-speed gearbox
Generatordouble-fed asynchronous generator
Grid frequency50/60 Hertz
Hub height (m)up to 134up to 134up to 134project and site-specificup to 164up to 164up to 164up to 164up to 164up to 164111.5 m (initial offering)up to 179

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Anniversary Newsletter Edition #1: It all started with a drawing on the wall". Nordex SE. 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Nordex. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "At a Glance". ir.nordex-online.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  4. ↑ "Siemens and Gamesa to merge wind businesses". Financial Times . Nikkei Inc. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Spain - Nordex SE". www.nordex-online.com. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  6. 1 2 Nordex platform brochure Gamma-Generation
  7. ↑ "Close up - Nordex launches Delta turbine series at EWEA".
  8. ↑ "News & Media" (PDF).
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