Siemens Energy was awarded its first offshore grid connection project in the United States. In a consortium with Aker Solutions, the company will supply the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system that will bring green energy from Sunrise Wind, New York’s first utility-scale offshore wind project, to the mainland. It’s the first offshore wind project…
Siemens awarded turnkey order for Netherlands wind farm
Siemens Energy has received an order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm. Designed to generate 144 MW of wind power, the Westermeerwind project with 48 direct drive wind turbines is also the first wind power plant Siemens Wind Power’s Offshore unit will erect for handover to the customer on a turnkey basis. Within…
Siemens D6 direct-drive wind turbine obtains type certification by DNV GL
Siemens Energy has obtained type certification by certifying body DNV GL for the company’s innovative D6 offshore wind turbine. The model Siemens SWT-6.0-154 is equipped with a modern direct drive generator, rated at 6 megawatts (MW) and equipped with a 154 meter rotor. The official certificate is a further step in ramping up the serial…
Say hello to Siemens new bird: 4-MW with 130-m diameter rotor
Siemens Energy has launched its new offshore wind turbine, the SWT 4.0-130 at the annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in Vienna. This new wind turbine features a generating capacity of four MW and a rotor diameter of 130 m. The new design is a further advancement of the widely used SWT…