SIEMENS DOMINATES OCEAN WIND

Siemens secures order for sixth offshore-wind power plant in Germany; First time that private equity company invests in Siemens-offshore-wind power plant
4 August 2011 (Siemens)

"Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in Germany.

"For the [288 MW total capacity] project Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost the company will deliver 80 wind turbines with a capacity of 3.6 Megawatt (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 meters each…[TO] WindMW GmbH (WindMW)… [C]ommissioning [will be] in 2013…For Siemens this is the sixth order for an offshore wind power plant in German waters."

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"Electricity from offshore wind power plants is soon expected to make a major contribution toward eco-friendly power supply in Germany, just as in other countries like the UK. Excellent wind conditions with high average wind speeds open up tremendous potential. By 2030, wind power plants with total capacity between 20,000 and 25,000 MW will be operating off Germany’s coasts…

"…[T]his is the sixth order for the construction of an offshore wind power plant for Siemens in Germany…[It] is the world’s largest supplier to the offshore market. At the end of the year 2010, there were almost 700 Siemens-wind turbines with a capacity of over 1,900 MW in operation...[Siemens also] has confirmed orders for about 4 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power plants…"