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Siemens Secures 343-MW U.S. Wind Turbine Order

May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

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Washington, United States -- Siemens Energy recently secured an order for its single largest U.S. wind turbine project. Puget Sound Energy has ordered 149 wind turbines rated at 2.3 megawatts (MW) each for Phase I of the Lower Snake River Wind Project in Washington state's Garfield County.

To better meet the increasing demand for clean energy in the Americas, Siemens is currently constructing a wind turbine nacelle assembly facility in Hutchinson, Kansas,

With an installed capacity of 343 MW, the wind power facility is expected to provide clean power for more than 100,000 homes. PSE has an option to purchase an additional 110 SWT-2.3-101 units in 2012 for later phases of the project.

"This order is an important stepping stone towards becoming one of the top two wind turbine supplier in the U.S.," said Rene Umlauft, CEO of the Siemens Renewable Energy Division. "We look forward to working with PSE to further advance its renewable energy initiative in the United States."

The contract calls for Siemens to supply, install and commission 149 SWT-2.3-101 units. It also includes a five-year service agreement. Shipments are expected to begin in March 2011.

To better meet the increasing demand for clean energy in the Americas, Siemens is currently constructing a wind turbine nacelle assembly facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, which is scheduled to become operational in December 2010. The 300,000-square-foot wind turbine nacelle facility is expected to employ approximately 400 people.

Siemens also recently expanded its 600,000-square-foot blade manufacturing facilities in Fort Madison, Iowa, which currently employs more than 600 people.

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jonathan-chance-166185

May 19, 2010

If subsidies for non-renewable energy had been abolished long ago, Siemens and other manufacturers would have been supplying most of our energy demand with domestic renewables today.

Long-overdue RECs-based monetary reform can allow a healthy market-based economy to flourish rather than perish:

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Moosy

May 19, 2010

Wind power is better than filthy coal anyways. It hasn't some modern day Einstein developed a cleaner type of uranium? Why do I feel like the oil companies own everything? Bottom line, wind power keeps churning. And with those global warming winds gaining speed, they might have better output than we all once thought.

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Moosy

May 19, 2010

Several concerns have been cited regarding the use of wind energy: aesthetic, land space, bird kills, and noise. Some people consider wind turbines unattractive although others find the rotating blades visually appealing. Concern related to agricultural land space seems to have been resolved because once constructed, the wind turbines occupy less than one percent of the space. Bird kills by wind turbine blades are usually small; however, Wolfe Island, Amherst Island and Prince Edward County are on the paths of migrating bird species. Thus the concern about bird mortality by wind farms on these sites is one of the key issues of the environmental impact assessment that must be satisfactorily answered before regulators will grant approval to construct and operate a wind farm. The new turbines operate quietly enough that noise does not seem to be a problem.

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