Infrastructure works will begin in June 2024, and delivery and installation of the turbines will begin in spring 2025. The Nordex Group will install the turbines on tubular steel towers: 29 with hub heights of 118 meters and 11 with heights of hub of 113 meters. The wind farm is expected to be completed in 2026.
Lidija Lubiene, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Achema Group: “Renerga is the founder of renewable energy in Lithuania. The Pag?giai project is an important continuation of our strong traditions and commitments to renewable energy. “We believe this project is a very significant step forward for both our renewable energy group and Lithuania’s renewable energy goals in general.”
Mindaugas Juodis, CEO of Renerga, says: “First of all, we would like to sincerely thank all our partners for the smooth and efficient cooperation in the development of the Pag?giai wind farm. This project consolidates Renerga as the leading renewable energy developer in Lithuania. “We look forward to continuing to expand our renewable energy portfolio in the future, as has been the case since the beginning of Renerga’s history in 1998.”
Patxi Landa, CSO of the Nordex Group, says: “We are very proud to be working with UAB Renerga for the first time, especially on this large-scale 264 MW Pagegiai project. We consider the supply contract as the starting point of a powerful cooperation between both groups.”
Including this new order, to date the Nordex Group has sold more than 850 MW since 2015 in Lithuania. Of these, 460 MW are currently under construction.
UAB koncernas ACHEMOS GRUP? is one of the largest business groups in Lithuania with 40 companies operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Czech Republic and Croatia. The company operates in the fields of fertilizer production, agribusiness, handling and logistics, energy, in addition to developing other businesses. UAB Renerga is part of the Achema Group.
The Group has installed around 50 GW of wind energy capacity in more than 40 markets throughout its corporate history and generated consolidated sales of around €6.5 billion in 2023. The company currently has more than 10,000 employees. The Group’s manufacturing network includes factories in Germany, Spain, Brazil, India, USA (suspended) and Mexico. Its product portfolio focuses on onshore turbines in the 4 to 6 MW+ classes that are designed to meet the market requirements of countries with limited available space and regions with limited grid capacity.
