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SGRE installs 1000th Direct Drive turbine

By: Tom Russell 05/12/2019 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

General

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) recently installed turbine 51 at the 714 MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm project. With the installation the SWT-7.0-154 unit, SGRE installed its 1,000th Direct Drive wind turbine.

Since being launched in 2011, the 1,000 units of the Siemens Gamesa Offshore Direct Drive wind turbine platform combined have avoided approximately 29 million tons of CO2 compared to fossil fuel power generation - the equivalent of more than 6 million trips around the Earth in a car according to SGRE.

“Installing the Siemens Gamesa offshore Direct Drive wind turbine number 1,000 is a remarkable achievement in many ways. Our contribution to combatting the effects of climate change becomes more tangible with the physical installation of this turbine along with its 999 predecessors,” stated Andreas Nauen, CEO of the Siemens Gamesa Offshore Business Unit.

According to performance data collected by SGRE, its Direct Drive offshore wind turbine fleet has produced approximately 34.6 Terawatt hours of electricity since the first unit was installed in 2011. This output is the same as the annual consumption for every household in Denmark, or the power consumption of the city of Madrid including all industry for one year.

Nauen added: “The Levelized Cost of Energy from offshore wind has decreased rapidly over the last few years, fully establishing the technology as on-par with traditional industrial power generation methods. Our order backlog with an additional 1,000+ SGRE Direct Drive offshore turbines is a testament to this achievement, and to the trust placed in us by our customers.”

Last month, SGRE launched its new DD Flex concept and the SG 11.0-193 DD Flex offshore wind turbine. SGRE stated that the turbine can reach a capacity of 11 MW under specific site conditions. The SG 11.0-193 DD Flex offshore wind turbine features a 193-metre diameter rotor, utilising 94-metre long Siemens Gamesa B94 Integral Blades. Constant digital observations are processed by the control system, increasing capacity up to 11 MW.

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