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Vestas wins 53 MW EPC order and 20-year service contract in Germany

The Rethwisch wind power plant is Vestas’ first large-scale EPC project in Germany.  It leverages the company’s global EPC experience and satisfies an increasing market demand.  Vestas’ EPC offering is modular by nature. From an array of services, the customer can choose the scope that suits each individual project’s specific requirements.    

“We chose Vestas’ EPC offering because it enables us to focus our time and resources on our core competency – project development – and thereby increase our efficiency. This will be increasingly important going forward to compete in the new auction system”, says Hans Helmut Kutzeer, Managing Director of mdp GmbH.  

The V112-3.3 MW is part of Vestas’ successful 3 MW platform.  With five rotor variants, two nacelle configurations, multiple power modes, and 15 hub heights, the 3 MW platform enables an optimal turbine configuration for each unique wind site, maximising annual energy production (AEP) and optimising levelised cost of energy (LCOE).

“Winning the first full scope EPC contract in Germany is another important milestone for us. We are very pleased that Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH and mdp GmbH use the V112-3.3 MW turbine, one of our top performers for high-wind sites, for this project in Schleswig-Holstein. Combining the turbine order with the AOM 5000 service agreement, we look forward to working with our partners  to help them achieve maximum return on their investment over the lifetime of the wind power plant”, says Nils de Baar, President of Vestas Central Europe.

For more information, please contact:
Christina Buttler
Communications Partner
Tel: +49 40 46778 5153
Mobile: +49 (0) 160 90141736
Email: chbut@vestas.com

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About Vestas                                                                                              

Every single day, Vestas wind turbines deliver clean energy that supports the global fight against climate change. Wind power from Vestas’ more than 57,300 wind turbines currently reduces carbon emissions by over 82 million tons of CO2 every year, while at the same time building energy security and independence. Today, Vestas has installed turbines in 75 countries, providing jobs for around 21,500 passionate people at our service and project sites, research facilities, factories and offices all over the world. With 50 percent more megawatts installed than our closest competitor and more than 75 GW of cumulative installed capacity worldwide, Vestas is the world leader in wind energy.

The headquarters of Vestas Central Europe is located in Hamburg, Germany. The business unit is responsible for the sales and marketing of wind power systems as well as for the installation and operation of  wind power plants in Germany, Benelux, Austria, Russia, Eastern Europe and Southern and Eastern Africa.

Vestas entered the German market in 1986. Since then, the company has delivered more than 7,200 turbines representing a total capacity of about 11,100 MW to this key market. Vestas’ full wind energy value chain is represented in Germany; R&D, production, sales locations and a unique service infrastructure as well as business unit headquarters. Vestas employs around 2,300 people in Germany.