The three wind farms were set up in 2009 and consist of machines from the 2.5 MW product family. Nordex explained in a recent statement that the customers acquiring the wind farms have also signed Premium service agreements for ten to twelve years.
The first turnkey project sale was of the Tilleuls wind farm in the region of Berry in central France. The wind farm comprises five N90/2500 turbines and has been acquired by Société d´Economie Mixte (SEM), an enterprise established by public and private investors. The special feature of this is that the public investors are local municipalities and the region. The banks providing the finance are also shareholders. Tilleuls is the first project to be taken over by SEM Energies Renouvelables.
“We are pleased about this collaboration with the municipalities. Tilleuls can serve as a good example for other municipalities to follow by also investing in wind projects,” said Gerd von Bassewitz, Managing Director of Nordex France.
Nordex also built five N90/2500 turbines on the Campbon wind farm in the Loire Atlantique region near Nantes, which has been sold to Allianz Specialised Investments, an investment subsidiary of the Allianz Group. Allianz now owns seven French Nordex-developed wind farms with a total effective output of 71 MW.
The third wind farm sold is called Plomodiern and consists of five turbines from the N80/2500 strong-wind series, installed in Brittany. This wind farm has been taken over by the private investor JMA Energies, which also owns the Nordex-developed Cast I wind farm (10 MW). JMA Energies was also involved in the development of the project.
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