Vestas confirms an order of 1 GW of turbines for the Nordlicht marine wind farm

Vestas has confirmed an order of 68 wind turbines of 15 MW for the Nordlicht 1 marine wind project of Vattenfall in the German North Sea. Nordlicht 1’s order comprises just over 1 GW of total capacity: ability to connect to the network of 980 MW and an excess capacity of 40 MW to use the connecting capacity as efficiently as possible. Nils de Baar, president of Vestas for North and Central Europe, said: “Germany’s energy transition is at a cross…

Germany – 02/04/2025 – energysdelamer.eu. Vestas has obtained a firm order of 68 wind turbines V236-15,0 MW for the offshore wind project Nordlicht 1 of Vattenfall. Construction is expected to begin in 2026. Nordlicht 1 will be the only one to become "the largest offshore wind project in Germany" Vestas and Vattenfall signed a conditional order agreement in June 2024 for both sites (see press release No. 10/2024 of 13 June 2024 and subsequent pr…