Vestas Nets 192MW Finnish Order

Vestas has secured a 192MW order from an undisclosed investor for the Lappfjärd project, located 100km south of Vaasa on the west coast of Finland.

The project will feature 31 V162-6.2MW turbines, the first time Vestas’ EnVentus platform features a 6.2MW rated capacity per turbine.

With this project, Vestas upgrades the EnVentus platform’s V162-6.0MW variant to 6.2MW rating, delivering an Annual Energy Production (AEP) increase of up to 1.5% from the V162-6.0MW.

Leveraging the modular flexibility of the EnVentus platform, the upgrade is enabled by advancements in load assessment and minor hardware upgrades.

The uprated V162-6.2 MW turbine features in the Lappfjärd project thanks to the innovative approach to turbine technology taken by developers in Finland, where Vestas also first premiered its V162-5.6MW and V162-6.0MW turbines.

Vestas’ EnVentus platform has to date secured nearly 1400MW in volume in Finland alone.

The Lappfjärd project is being done by CPC Germania as the developer and construction manager.

Vestas has also provided turbines for CPC Germania’s Lakia I, II and III projects, and builds on the close partnership with CPC Germania at the Lappfjärd project.

Vestas Northern & Central Europe president Nils de Baar said: "We are delighted to be further adding to the recent momentum with our EnVentus platform in Finland by delivering our upgraded V162-6.2MW turbine to the Lappfjärd project, continuing our long-term partnership with CPC Germania."

Vestas Northern & Central Europe regional chief technology officer Jan Hagen said: "The first deployment of Vestas’ V162-6.2 MW in Finland at Lappfjärd is testament to both the continuous optimisation of the EnVentus platform as well as the relentless technical value engineering on behalf of customers at projects across Northern & Central Europe."

CPC Germania chief executive Markus Tacke said: "We are pleased to partner with Vestas again for the construction of the Lappfjärd wind farm.

"The selected turbine type, the V162-6.2 MW represents the newest and most efficient technology available."

"Together with a long-term full-service concept, the new turbine type offers the project the reliable operational platform needed in a subsidy-free market environment."

The V162-6.2MW turbines will be serviced by Vestas through a long-term 20-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, providing power performance certainty and Vestas’ industry-leading service expertise throughout the lifetime of the project.

Vestas will deliver turbines in the second quarter of 2022, with installation scheduled to begin by the end of the same quarter.

The project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2023.