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Siemens Gamesa will expand its Hull wind turbine blade plant at Alexandra Dock, creating 200 direct jobs in a £186 million investment. The UK Government will provide grant funding from its £160 million Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Support scheme.
Meridian Energy has chosen Siemens Gamesa to supply 41 onshore 4.3 MW turbines for the 176 MW Harapaki wind farm in New Zealand, with commissioning expected in 2023. Siemens Gamesa will also provide a 30-year operation and maintenance contract.
Siemens Gamesa won a contract from Ailes Marines, an Iberdrola subsidiary, to supply 62 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines for the 496 MW Bay of Saint-Brieuc project off France, with nacelles and blades made at its planned Le Havre factory, plus 10 years of maintenance.
Siemens Gamesa and Ailes Marines signed a contract for 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines for the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm off Brittany, marking the final investment decision on the EUR 2.4 billion project. Blades, nacelles and generators will be made at Le Havre, creating 750 jobs.
Siemens Gamesa signed its largest contract in Brazil to supply 136 SG 3.4-132 turbines totalling 471 MW to Neoenergia, Iberdrola's Brazilian unit, for the Santa Luzia complex in Paraíba. The turbines will be made at Siemens Gamesa's Camaçari factory.
Vattenfall placed an official offshore wind turbine order with Siemens Gamesa for the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms off Denmark's west coast. The order is part of a deal covering 113 turbines including Kriegers Flak, with construction expected to begin in 2019.
Siemens Gamesa has been awarded exclusivity by Orsted to supply and service SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines totaling 1,386 MW for the Hornsea Project Two wind farm 89 km off England, operational from 2022.
Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy signed an agreement to supply 94 8-MW offshore turbines totalling 752 MW for the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in Dutch waters, including turbine maintenance. The nacelles will be assembled in Cuxhaven, Germany and the blades produced in Hull, England.
Siemens Gamesa will supply 16 SWT-7.0-154 direct-drive turbines and an offshore transformer module for EnBW's Albatros offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, with commissioning expected in 2019.
