With a diversified investor’s base and highly efficient direct-drive wind turbines, the Norwegian onshore wind power project “Nordlicht” is currently one of Europe’s largest and most innovative developments in renewable energy. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received an order for the supply and installation of 67 units of its recently upgraded OptimaFlex wind turbine type SWT-DD-130.…

Siemens Gamesa was announced as a winner of the 2017 Popular Science ‘Best of What’s New’ Award in the Engineering category for its contribution to the Hywind Scotland project, operated by Statoil, located 25 kilometers off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The project features five SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines built on floating foundations. Each year beginning in…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has officially inaugurated its new wind-turbine blade factory in Tangier (Morocco), an event chaired by Morocco’s Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid El Alamy, and Markus Tacke, CEO of Siemens Gamesa. The first blade plant of a wind-turbine manufacturer in Africa and the Middle East offers…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is announcing the renewal of its contract to service the Greater Gabbard wind farm, located off the east coast of the UK. The five-year contract is for the provision of operation and maintenance for the 504-MW wind farm, until 2022. Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (GGOWL), the owners of the…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply the Sørfjord Vindpark onshore wind-power plant in Northern Norway with 23 units of their Onshore Direct-Drive OptimaFlex wind turbines. The SWT-DD-130 turbines will each feature a rated capacity of 4.2 MW and a 130-m diameter rotor. All turbines will be installed on towers with 80-meter hub heights. A five-year…

Siemens Gamesa has been mandated to develop India’s first large commercial hybrid wind-solar project, where a 28.8-MW solar facility will be connected to an existing 50-MW wind farm. This is the first project of its kind for the company and evidences its determination to explore business opportunities that add value for its customers. “This is…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy continues to grow in Latin America, having established itself as the number-one OEM in 2016, according to the FTI rankings, with this new order for the supply of 97 MW in Argentina. In September, the company secured a contract from Parque Eólico Arauco SAPEM (majority-owned by the Argentine state) for the…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, through its fully owned subsidiary Adwen France, plans to deliver its 8-MW offshore wind turbine, the D8, in two projects off the French coast. The two projects, Dieppe-Le Tréport and Yeu-Noirmoutier, will amount to a total of almost 1 GW. The direct-drive wind turbines will replace Adwen’s AD8 model following Siemens…

  Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured an agreement for the supply of 300 MW in China, one of its largest ever in this market. The company will supply and commission 150, G114-2.0 MW turbines for the Xilinhot complex and service them under a long-term O&M agreement. The plan is for installation of the first turbines…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected by NextEra Energy Resources to repower two wind farms in Texas. The newly repowered wind farms are expected to deliver up to 25% more annual energy production, boost reliability and efficiency, and extend service life. Both wind farms currently feature Siemens SWT-2.3-93 model turbines. The repowering program…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy released its third-quarter of fiscal year 2017 results, from April to June 2017. During this period, the company has accelerated its integration program. The announced synergies of €230 million are now the ‘minimum,’ and the company expects to realize these synergies in year 3, one year earlier than previously announced. “We…

 Siemens Gamesa continues to reinforce its leadership in Mexico, where it has ranked as the number-one OEM in recent years, with a new order for the supply of 76 MW. More specifically, the company has entered into an agreement with the independent developer, Fuerza y Energía Limpia de Tizimín, for the installation over the course of…

Siemens Gamesa has landed its maiden order from the Turkish investor Sancak Enerji for the supply of 118 MW at two wind farms in the region of Konya. Moreover, it marks the first order for the supply of turbines from the 3.3-MW platform in Europe. This new platform is designed to minimize the cost of energy…

Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply of 94, 8-MW turbines for the 752-MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind-power plants being developed in Dutch waters. The wind farm will be located 22 km from the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland, with a water depth of 14 to 38m…

 Siemens Gamesa held its first Shareholders General Meeting since creation of the new company deriving from the merger between Gamesa and Siemens Wind Power, which closed last April. Among the agenda items approved, Siemens Gamesa’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Markus Tacke as the new chief executive officer (CEO). “I also regard it as a…

Power provider, EnBW, first awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy with the 497-MW order for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind power-plant, and is now extending the contract to cover install of the neighboring 112-MW-project EnBW Albatros. The projects are located 90 kilometers north of Borkum Island in the German North Sea with water depths of up to…