The Nordex Group secured orders for 491 wind turbine systems with a total output of 2,261MW in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2019: 1,477MW). In 2020, the company received firm orders for a total of 1,331 wind turbines with an output of 6,020MW.
In the final quarter of 2020, 49% of orders were placed in Europe and 28% in the USA. The Latin America region had a share of 23% due to the 518MW Ventos de Santa Eugenia project in Brazil.
Distributed across 16 countries, 59% of orders (by MW) came from the European region last year, with Germany, Norway, the UK, Finland and France being the largest markets. Representing total order intake in the North America region, the USA accounted for 20% of orders. Projects in Brazil, Chile and Colombia resulted in 21% of the order volume coming from Latin America. The share attributable to the Delta4000 wind turbines increased to 81% for the full year (2019: 44%). Launched in 2019, the N163/5.X turbine alone accounted for 877MW of new orders in 2020.
