Germany's Nordex Secures 84 MW Wind Turbine Order for Spille Wind Farm in Albania

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 9, German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group was awarded a wind turbine supply and installation contract by Austrian energy company VERBUND to provide 12 N163/6.X wind turbines for the Spille wind farm in Albania, with a total installed capacity of 84 MW under the contract, along with a 15-year long-term equipment service agreement. This marks Nordex's first order in the Albanian wind power market, and the project is scheduled to commence operation in spring 2028.

The Spille wind farm is located along the Adriatic coast of Albania, approximately 50 kilometers south of the port city of Durrës. Under the equipment contract, Nordex will supply 12 N163/6.X series wind turbines with steel cylindrical towers and a hub height of 113 meters. The contract scope covers wind turbine equipment supply, installation, and subsequent long-term service, with VERBUND responsible for organizing and implementing the equipment procurement.

The Spille project is developed by VERBUND, with the project company being VERBUND Green Power Albania Wind Shpk. The project secured development rights in July 2023 through Albania's first round of international competitive bidding for wind power projects, at which time the awarded project capacity was 72.6 MW. On July 18, 2024, VERBUND signed a project development agreement with Albania's Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, and obtained environmental permits on April 23, 2025. This turbine procurement advances the project to the stage of finalizing the main power generation equipment supply contract.

The project development company previously published a grid connection plan that includes the construction of a 30/110 kV step-up substation and a double-circuit overhead transmission line of approximately 5.7 kilometers to connect to the Albanian national grid. The developer's original plan called for 12 wind turbines with an estimated annual power generation of approximately 130 million kWh. The Nordex contract now sets the equipment procurement scale at 84 MW, an increase from the previously listed 75 MW planned capacity on the official website.

This order continues the equipment procurement partnership previously established between Nordex and VERBUND Green Power. In January 2026, the two parties signed a multi-year wind turbine supply framework agreement covering six European markets, with a potential equipment supply scale of up to 700 MW, and Albania is one of the markets covered by the framework cooperation.