# Siemens celebrates topping out at new wind turbine factory in Cuxhaven, Germany

Siemens held a topping-out ceremony for its new wind turbine nacelle factory in Cuxhaven, Germany. The 170,000-square-meter plant is scheduled for completion by mid-2017 and will produce direct-drive offshore wind turbine nacelles, starting with the 7-MW D7 platform.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-12-19
- Where: Cuxhaven, Germany, Germany
- Value: $213.0M (200.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: Q3 2017
- Status: under construction
- Products: direct-drive offshore wind turbine nacelles, 7-MW D7 platform
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Siemens](https://endata.com/companies/301.md)

## Sources

- [renewableenergyworld.com](https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/turbines-equipment/siemens-celebrates-topping-out-ceremony-at-new-wind-turbine-factory-in-cuxhaven-germany/), 2016-12-19: "The Cuxhaven plant is our central manufacturing base for all large direct drive nacelles of our offshore wind turbines"
- [windsystemsmag.com](https://www.windsystemsmag.com/siemens-celebrates-topping-out-ceremony-at-new-germany-turbine-factory/), 2017-04-29: "Siemens recently celebrated the topping out ceremony for its new wind-turbine manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, attended by Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann, Lower Saxony's State Secretary of Economic Affairs Daniela Behrens, and the mayor of Cuxhaven, Dr. Ulrich Getsch."

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