According to Windpower Intelligence, the research and data arm of Windpower Monthly, Western turbine manufacturers announced 2.8GW of solid turbine purchase agreements (TPAs) in October, revealing a persistent paucity of orders in Europe.
Two TPAs—one including Turkey and the other Taiwan—accounted for more than three-quarters of the total 2.8GW.
Following the decline in Q3 orders announced by WindEurope, there were relatively few reported European TPAs.
With the exception of an 81.6MW order from the Landwind Group in Germany, Nordex reported 463MW of European TPAs last month, although these were agreements finalized at the end of September.
One agreement was for 37 of Ignitis Group’s N117/3600 turbines to be installed at the 137 MW Silesia 2 wind farm in Poland. Another was Exilion Tuuli Ky, a Finnish investor, to whom Nordex committed to provide 17 of its N163/5.X turbines for the 30MW Isokangas and 70MW Palokangas projects.
Last month, Nordex also revealed two other contracts it had signed at the end of September: a 95MW order for Spain and a 50MW order for Croatia.
For the 105MW Mikonkeidas project in Kristiinankaupunki, Finland, Siemens Gamesa announced a deal to provide 16 of its SG 6.6-170 turbines to Energiequelle. However, that was the sole European TPA the OEM recorded in October, and it was really signed during the quarter from July to September.
The Turkish company Enerjisa Üretim has agreed to purchase 240 of Enercon’s E-138 EP3 E2 turbines for 1,000 MW over the next four years. The wind farms in Anakkale, Balkesir, Aydn, and Mula will all have them installed.
Siemens Gamesa did, however, benefit from the offshore industry in October. It contracted to provide the 1,044MW Hai Long projects in the Taiwan Strait with 73 of its SG 14-222 DD turbines. The turbines will be produced locally.
In the meantime, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind selected Vestas as its preferred supplier for the 1510 MW Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind 1 project off the coast of New Jersey. In 2027, it is planned to erect V236-15.0 MW turbines that Vestas will also maintain.