Nordex has won an 187MW wind turbine order for the second phase of Caba Grup’s Istanbul wind farm, located at 50 kilometres northwest of Turkey’s biggest city at the Black Sea coast.

The German-Spanish OEM will supply 39 of its N133/4800 machines from its Delta4000 series that are scheduled for construction in the late summer of this year. The contract comes with a 15-year service agreement.

The manufacturer has already received an order in 2019 for the first 24MW phase of the wind farm, which is currently being built.

Once fully operational, the Istanbul wind farm with 211MW will be Turkey’s largest single licensed project.

Turkey has been one of Nordex’s most successful markets in recent years. The country at the crossing between Europe and Asia last year added 1.2GW in new onshore wind capacity, more than any European country except from Norway, Germany, Spain and France.

According to Turkish wind energy association TÜREB, Nordex was market leader in the country last year, with a 27% share.

With an average annual wind speed on site of eight metres per second, the Istanbul wind farm is expected to produce an annual yield of 850 GWh, Nordex said.

Nordex will install the turbines on 125-metre tubular steel towers. When the Istanbul array starts operation, the Caba Grup will receive a higher feed-in tariff as Nordex is sourcing rotor blades, anchor cages, towers and generators from Turkey, the OEM said.

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Turkish delight for Nordex as OEM lands order for country's largest wind project