The Nordex Group will supply and install twelve N163/6.X wind turbines for an 84 MW wind farm in Albania, marking the company's entry into the Albanian market and the country's first wind energy development. The order, placed by Austrian energy company VERBUND, includes a 15-year Premium Service agreement and follows an international tender.
The Spille wind farm will be built about 50 kilometres south of the port city of Durres, with turbines mounted on tubular steel towers at hub heights of 113 metres. Commissioning is planned for spring 2028.
Dietmar Reiner, Managing Director of VERBUND Green Power, said the Spille project "marks a significant milestone in Albania's energy transition and represents an important step forward for our growth strategy." Jose Luis Blanco, CEO of the Nordex Group, said entering a new market is always an important milestone and that the project "demonstrates the growing opportunities for wind energy in the country."
The deal builds on a multi-year framework agreement signed in January 2026 covering the potential supply of up to 700 MW of wind turbines for projects in six European markets, with Albania among the countries identified. The Spille order therefore moves that framework from potential into a concrete first project.
The announcement matters because Albania's electricity system has traditionally been strongly based on hydropower. The country is seeking to diversify its renewable generation mix through technologies including wind and solar power, and the Spille project gives it a first utility-scale wind reference. Hydropower dependence leaves a system exposed to rainfall and water availability, so adding wind can broaden the sources feeding the grid. For Nordex, the order opens a new European market and extends a relationship with VERBUND that now has a delivered project behind it; the 15-year service contract also gives the manufacturer a long-term revenue stream in the country.
VERBUND is Austria's leading energy company and one of Europe's largest hydroelectricity producers, generating around 95% of its electricity from renewable sources. It reported a group result of around EUR 1,489 million and EBITDA of EUR 2,737 million in 2025, with about 4,400 employees, and its shares have traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1988. Further information is available at www.verbund.com. Nordex has commissioned more than 67 GW of wind power capacity in over 40 markets since 1985 and generated consolidated sales of around EUR 7.6 billion in 2025, with more than 11,100 employees and factories in Germany, Spain, Brazil, India and the USA. The original release can be viewed through www.newmediawire.com.
For readers and businesses watching European power markets, the Spille order is a small but concrete sign that wind build-out is spreading into markets previously dominated by a single renewable source. The project's spring 2028 commissioning date will be the point at which Albania's grid begins to feel the effect.
