Britain’s leading 100kW wind turbine now backed by 10-Year Performance Guarantee
Zürich, Switzerland (PRWEB UK) 13 November 2014 -- Northern Power Systems (http://www.northernpower.com) (TSX: NPS) has announced its new wind turbines will be backed by its 10-Year Performance Guarantee Programme (PGP) in the United Kingdom.
The PGP will protect owners of the NPS 100, Britain’s best-selling 100 kilowatt (kW) wind turbine, by ensuring 95% availability and 95% performance to power curve over 10 years. This is double the time of the current standard 5-year warranty available from most manufacturers in the British market.
The annual cost for the 10-Year PGP to the customer will be directly linked to annual power production and charged per kilowatt-hour (kWh) produced. Under the programme, both the owner and Northern Power Systems will benefit from turbines meeting and exceeding expected performance.
During the programme NPS will be the sole service provider. Knowing that the wind turbine manufacturer shares the incentive for the turbine to produce maximum energy and return on investment, while offering the lowest total cost of ownership for the turbine’s 20+ year life, provides peace of mind for the turbine owner.
Reinout Oussoren, Vice President Global Sales at Northern Power Systems commented, “This type of performance guarantee programme is normally only seen with utility scale projects and is the first of its kind offered for wind turbines up to 100kW in Britain.”
Graham Hygate, Managing Director at developer Fine Energy commented, “Northern Power Systems’ 10-Year Performance Guarantee brings further financial stability for investors in wind energy. By providing long term backing, we expect it to create opportunities for continued growth in the small wind market.”
About Northern Power Systems
Northern Power Systems designs, manufactures, and sells wind turbines, and provides engineering development services and technology licenses for energy applications, into the global marketplace from its US headquarters and European offices.
• Northern Power Systems has almost 40 years’ experience in technologies and products generating renewable energy.
• Northern Power Systems currently manufactures the NPS™ 60 and NPS™ 100 turbines. With over 5 million run time hours across its global fleet, Northern Power wind turbines provide customers with clean, cost effective, reliable renewable energy.
• Patented next generation permanent magnet/direct drive (PM/DD) technology uses fewer moving parts, delivers higher energy capture, and provides increased reliability due to reduced maintenance and downtime.
• Northern Power Systems offers comprehensive in-house development services, including systems level engineering, advanced drivetrains, power electronics, PM machine design, and remote monitoring systems to the energy industry.
• Some of the world’s largest manufacturers license NPS next generation technology and intellectual property for their utility and distributed wind products and markets.
To learn more about Northern Power Systems, please visit http://www.northernpower.com.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Jesse Wijnberg (+44 808 234 6788) jwijnberg(at)northernpower(dot)com
Jesse Wijnberg, Northern Power Systems, http://www.northernpower.com, +1 802-461-2854, [email protected]
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