Wachtendonk, Germany
The Wachtendonk wind farm is located in the Northrhine-Westphalia region of Germany.
The total installed capacity of the wind farm is 12.0MW, comprising eight Nordex S77 turbines, each with a 1.5 MW rating. The Wachtendonk wind farm has a net capacity factor of 22.5%.
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Funding
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Euro denominated limited recourse debt facility provided by a German commercial bank
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Revenue
assurance
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Under German renewable energy law, electricity utilities are obliged to connect wind power assets to their networks and to take 100% of the electricity produced at the current (regulated fixed) tariff
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Customers
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RWE Rhein-Ruhr Netzservice GmbH
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Construction
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Fixed price lump sum engineering, procurement and construction turnkey contract with Nordex Energy GmbH
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Operation
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10 year1 maintenance contract with Nordex
10 year1 technical management agreement with Renerco
10 year1 operating management agreement with Renerco
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Land
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Land leases with 20 years2 (minimum) tenure
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Regulatory
regime
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German fixed price system (EEG)
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Notes:
1. From start of operations (Oct, 2005)
2. From 2000