The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the delivery and installation of the “Fortim” wind farm. With a capacity of 123MW, the project will comprise 41 AW125/3000 turbines.
The project is located in the state of Ceará in north-eastern Brazil and the installation work will be commencing at the beginning of 2019. The customer is the Brazilian utility Furnas, a subsidiary of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobras. The contract also includes service for a period of at least five years. Nordex will be producing the turbines at its Brazilian plant and the 120-metre high towers at another Nordex facility not far from the wind farm.