Cape Wind One Step Further With Turbine Order

Company agrees to buy Siemens 3.6-MW offshore wind turbines and Siemens plans an offshore wind office in Boston.

March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments

Cape Wind announced an agreement with Siemens to supply 130 of its 3.6-megawatt (MW) turbines for America's first planned offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts and, at the same time, Siemens also announced plans to open a U.S. Offshore Wind office in Boston.

Siemens says that its 3.6-MW offshore wind turbines are an industry ‘workhorse’ with 1,000 units sold and 150 units installed and successfully operating.

Even though Cape Wind completed state and local permitting in 2008, it is still awaiting a final federal permitting decision from U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar who has recently stated he will make his decision by the end of April. The agreement to purchase turbines obviously hinges on his decision.

Randy Zwirin, President and CEO of Siemens remarked that a favorable decision, “will signal to manufacturers and investors alike that the United States is a sustainability leader in its support for a clean, reliable energy supply and green jobs creation.”

Zwirn also said that Siemens plans to open a Boston office on June 1, 2010, “allowing the company to be closer to its U.S. customers.” He praised the “forward thinking leadership of Governor Patrick and the Massachusetts Legislature” for their efforts to make the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a global leader in renewable energy development.

2 Comments

Barbara Durkin
April 19, 2010

Cape Wind's 4/10/10 press release stated they have an "agreement" with Siemens to purchase their 3.6 MW wind turbines conditioned upon their obtaining financing for their project. The Cape Wind press release is coincident with Siemens arranged shipment of their offshore 3.6 MW monopiles from China to the UK Gabbard wind project.

Our federal stimulus Cape Wind is eyeing will go to Germany and China if this project is constructed. Cape Wind will never be operational by 2012 end. But, they'll represent they will be to obtain "stimulus" funding.

And now offshore wind turbines are reported as sinking and shifting.

"Everybody in the industry has this problem so all of us are interested in solving it," a spokesman for Dong Energy said. "This shows this is a young industry and there are experiences to learn from."

http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-5587102/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jby51ay9pbmNvbWluZy9mcmVzaC1ibG93LWZvci13aW5kLWZhcm1zLWFzLXBvc3NpYmxlLWZsYXctaXMtc2NydXRpbmlzZWQtMTk0MjI3Ni5odG1s

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7096654.ece

Aaron Moline
April 1, 2010

The implications of the Cape Wind project means a great deal to the United States. As countries all around Europe have already installed many offshore wind farms, the United State has yet to really get any of its own projects in the water. No doubt, this project not only means big things for the communities near the project, but can serve as an example for future projects.
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