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Hamburg (euro adhoc) - "Wind 2011": Nordex presenting six MW Offshore
wind turbine

• Top efficiency thanks to a 150-meter rotor and
a nominal output of six MW
• Direct drive for maximum reliability
• Low logistic and operating costs thanks to modular,
service-friendly configuration

Hamburg, April 5, 2011. At the Hannover Fair, Nordex SE has unveiled
plans for its entry into the new offshore market segment. "Our
strategy is being driven by the development of a competitive product.
For this purpose, we are acting on the trend towards third-generation
wind turbines, which are characterized by a substantially greater
nominal output and lower specific weights. Only in this way is it
possible for a large market of sufficient relevance to emerge in the
medium term," says Thomas Richterich, Chief Executive Officer of
Nordex SE.

Experts assume that the offshore market will enter its first phase of
maturity from 2015 onwards with annual sales volumes of more than
five gigawatts (GW). Says Richterich: "We have been preparing for
this for a good two years." Thus, the company has hired an
experienced team of experts in its new business unit Nordex Offshore
GmbH, which covers the complete offshore value chain.

The preliminary result is the N150/6000, which has been developed
specially for offshore use and is being unveiled in Hannover. With a
rotor diameter of 150 meters, it has an installed nominal output of
six megawatts, making it one of the largest and most efficient in the
offshore market. The specific weight of the tower head has been kept
low thanks to the use of a new kind of direct drive. This impacts not
only the costs but also the loads to which the entire system is
exposed.

"Out at sea in particular, we must do everything we can to optimize
the technical reliability of the turbine. With cost structures
differing to those in the onshore market, we are able to implement a
more complex drive system, namely a direct drive," explains Thomas
Karst, CEO of the Offshore division. However, a special and
substantially lighter version is to be used - a direct drive with a
permanent magnet generator and a full power converter.

Nordex is engineering this drive design in conjunction with
experienced suppliers and thus relying on proven technical details.
Only system suppliers able to deliver the entire generator/converter
system and who are market leaders in this area are being considered.

Thanks to the modular system design, assembly and servicing at sea
are possible with the systems already available today. If necessary,
components can be replaced simply, quickly and without dismantling
the rotor. A condition monitoring system facilitates preemptive
maintenance of critical parts. In addition, Nordex can fit out the
N150/6000 with a helicopter platform if requested by the customer.

Nordex has participated in a reference project in the German part of
the Baltic Sea to expedite market access. Up to 70 N150/6000 wind
turbines are to be installed here from 2014/15 onwards. Explains
Richerich: "We are able to extend the preliminary experience which we
gained with smaller turbines within a relatively short space of time
and offer our customers a mature product."

Nordex at Wind 2011: Hall 27, Stand No. L23

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