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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

Further inquiry note:
Ansprechpartner für Rückfragen:
Nordex SE
Felix Losada
Telephone: 040 / 300 30 - 1000, Telefax: - 1333
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company: Nordex SE
Langenhorner Chaussee 600
D-22419 Hamburg
phone: +49 (0)40 30030-1000
FAX: +49 (0)40 30030-1101
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.nordex-online.com
sector: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE000A0D6554, DE0000A0D66L2
indexes: TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share, ÖkoDAX
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
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