Siemens Energy has received an
order to supply 21 wind
turbines with an output of 2.3-
mw and a rotor diameter of 101m
each for an offshore project in
Rudong County, Jiangsu province
in China. The customer is Jiangsu
Longyuan Offshore Wind Power Co.
Ltd. a subsidiary company of China
Longyuan Power Group
Corporation Ltd, one of the biggest
wind power developers in the
world. Commercial operation is
expected in late 2011. The scope of
supply includes a five-year service
and maintenance agreement.
The 50-mw project is a breakthrough
in Siemens renewable
energy strategy by securing the first
offshore wind power order from
China. "With more than 600 wind
turbines with a combined installed
capacity of more than 1,800 mw in
European waters, Siemens is clearly
the market leader in offshore. But
we also see good opportunities for
offshore wind power in China with
its shallow water near the
consumption centers on the coast,"
said Jens-Peter Saul, CEO of the
Siemens Business Unit Wind Power.
According to the Chinese
Renewable Energy Industries
Association (CREIA) China will
expand its offshore wind power
installed capacity to 5 GW by 2015
and 30 GW by 2020. "This order is
an important step in entering the
rapidly growing Chinese wind
power market," added Saul. With
almost 45 GW installed wind
capacity and a growth rate of 73
percent from 2009 to 2010, China is
the world’s largest wind power
market today.
As part of its internationalization
strategy, Siemens has set up offshore
offices in the UK, Germany, US and
China in 2010. In November 2010,
Siemens has opened its first rotor
blade manufacturing plant in
Shanghai, China. Since spring 2011, a
nacelle plant in Shanghai is in
operation, too.
Wind power is part of Siemens'
Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal
2010, revenue from the Portfolio
totaled about €28 billion, making
Siemens the world's largest supplier
of ecofriendly technologies. In the
same period, our products and
solutions enabled customers to
reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions by 270 million tonnes, an
amount equal to the total annual
CO2 emissions of the megacities
Hong Kong, London, New York,
Tokyo, Delhi and Singapore.