GE announced 110MW of orders to supply some of Germany’s newest wind farms with its 2.5-120 wind turbines. It will supply 44 GE 2.5-120 wind turbines in all for eight new German wind farms.
“GE’s 2.5-120 wind turbines are a good fit for Germany’s low-wind speed regions. We chose these in particular because of their good cost-performance ratio, and we expect high reliability based on the long history and experience with former GE turbine types. In addition, the high ratio between rotor diameter and rated power enables us to produce a maximum of full load hours at low-wind speeds – a key factor for a successful energy transition in Germany”, said Matthias Willenbacher, CEO, Juwi Group.
The high-capacity factor of GE’s 2.5-120 wind turbine supports Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ directive, which is focused on delivering highly effective, reliable, cost-efficient decentralised power generation capabilities to low-wind speed sites in the middle and southern portions of the country.
GE will provide the wind turbines to Juwi, Pfalzwerke, Max Bögl Wiesner and Abo-Wind. A large majority of the orders include long-term full service agreements, which improve turbine operating performance and life by adding predictive condition monitoring services, unplanned maintenance coverage and advanced services as well as options for turbine performance and life extension enhancement.
