REpower Systems AG is preparing to transform itself into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE). The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board today each resolved to propose the transformation of the legal form of the company from a German stock corporation (AG) to a European Company at the Annual General Meeting planned for October 25, [...]
Gamesa, a leading wind turbine manufacturer and a key global player in wind farm development, has sold a total of six German wind farms in four locations with combined installed capacity of 45.05 MW to IKEA Group in Germany.
Carsten Pedersen, the founder and long-standing Chief Sales Officer at Nordex SE, will be switching to the Company’s Supervisory Board. He will be replacing Kai Brandes, who stepped down from the Supervisory Board. Kai Brandes is the managing shareholder of CMP Capital Management-Partners GmbH, which sold its investment in Nordex SE in spring 2010.
REpower Systems AG, in which Suzlon Energy Limited is a majority shareholder with over 90 per cent holding – officially inaugurated a new technology center at Osterrönfeld, in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Germany, on the 25th of August at the hands of the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, Minister President Carstensen and the REpower Executive Board. The [...]
The Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein officially inaugurated the new technology center of REpower Systems AG today in Osterrönfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district. Minister President Carstensen and the REpower Executive Board cut the red ribbon and symbolically opened the building. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 100 guests of honor. Around 470 employees, primarily [...]
New business continues to pick up at Nordex. The wind turbine manufacturer has now obtained new orders in two major markets. In China and Portugal the company will be delivering 40 turbines in the proven 1.5 and 2.5 MW series in the course of this year.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today commenced her “energy tour” in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. During a visit to Nordex’s rotor blade production plant in Rostock, she will be conducting talks with representatives of companies active in the wind power industry. The background to this tour, which will be continuing over several days, is the energy policy, the [...]
With the commissioning of two demonstration turbines at the “Grevesmuehlen” site near the production plant in Wismar (Baltic Sea, Germany) Kenersys has reached a further milestone in its expansion strategy.
Within a week the wind turbine manufacturer Kenersys Europe has closed an additional contract for Sweden: Three turbines Kenersys K100 provide a wind farm of 7,5 MW in Sweden and will be delivered and installed this year at the community of Bralanda (Västergotaland Province) at the western banks of lake Vänern for project developer Vänervind [...]
In the first quarter of 2010/11, the REpower Systems Group (securities identification number: 617703) recorded sales of EUR 213.1 million, compared with EUR 300.7 million in the same period of the previous year. Total performance saw a decline from EUR 287.1 million to EUR 204.0 million in the first quarter of 2010/11. The operating result [...]
Siemens Energy and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed an agreement for the supply of wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 600 megawatts (MW). The wind turbines to be delivered under this supply agreement will be deployed at selected wind projects in southern Ontario and will provide clean power to approximately 240,000 Canadian [...]
Siemens Energy has secured an order for the supply of 98 wind turbines for the Crossroads wind power plant in Oklahoma, USA. The owner of the project is OG&E (Oklahoma Gas & Electric). Siemens will supply 95 units of the SWT-2.3-101 to the Crossroads project. Furthermore, the contract includes three units of the new SWT-3.0-101, [...]
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd., today announced that it renewed its license agreement with German wind technology company, Fuhrlander AG.
According to initial calculations, REpower Systems Group (Prime Standard, WKN 617 703) generated a total performance of EUR 204.0 million in the first three months of fiscal year 2010/11, compared with a total performance of EUR 287.1 million in the same period of the previous year. Sales dropped year-on-year from EUR 300.7 million to EUR [...]
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of 68 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 megawatts (MW) each. Purchaser is SSE Renewables (SSER). The Griffin wind power project is located approximately 30 kilometers northwest of Perth in the Scottish Highlands. The wind power plant will have a capacity of 156 MW upon [...]
Siemens has signed a partnership agreement for cooperation in the renewable energy sector with the two Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro. The three companies will establish the joint venture “wind energy” where Siemens will retain the majority stake. The planned joint venture is to set up production facilities for wind turbine components for the Russian [...]
Vestas is pleased to announce it has received an order for 20 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines from the UKA Group (UKA), for several wind energy projects in Eastern Germany. The total order has a capacity of 40 MW.
Siemens will become shareholder (49 percent) in A2SEA A/S, a supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The Danish energy company DONG Energy will continue to be the company’s main shareholder. A2SEA based in Fredericia, Denmark, has a work force of about 200. Siemens´ goal with its commitment in A2SEA is [...]
In June, REpower Systems AG passed the one gigawatt milestone with wind energy systems installed in France. The manufacturer has installed around 500 turbines across the country since 2002. This corresponds to 20% of France’s existing wind energy capacity. Alongside its activities in the sale, installation and maintenance of onshore turbines, REpower also intends to [...]
Siemens has been awarded a major order with Lincs Wind Farm Ltd to implement the grid connection for the Lincs offshore wind farm. The order volume for the grid connection is GBP101 million (approximately EUR120 million). Siemens Energy announced in December it is also supplying 75 of its high-performance 3.6 megawatts (MW) wind turbines for [...]
The Supervisory Board of REpower Systems AG has agreed upon the appointment of Andreas Nauen as member and chairman of the Executive Board (as Chief Executive Officer) in its meeting on 23 June 2010. With the revision of the original resolution dated on 15 March 2010, Mr Nauen will now be taking office on 1 [...]
Siemens Energy has secured an order from DONG Energy to supply 111 wind turbines for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant. The 400 megawatts (MW) Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will feature a capacity almost twice that of Horns Rev 2, currently the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation at 209 MW. [...]
Almost one year after final commissioning of the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium, REpower Systems AG is in a positive mood. The availability of the six REpower 5M turbines has been consistently above 97% over a period of six months, and with that – despite the adverse conditions in the open seas – at [...]
EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH and Siemens Energy have today signed a contract for the supply of 80 wind turbines each with a capacity of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 meters for the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2. The order, which represents an investment volume in the triple-digit million range, marks [...]
RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München (SWM – Munich Municipal Utility) and Siemens have entered into a joint venture to build the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr (Welsh for “wind in the sea”). RWE Innogy will hold a 60% stake in this joint venture, Stadtwerke München 30% and Siemens 10%. The total investment amounts to more [...]
In the financial year 2009/10 REpower Systems Group once again increased its overall performance and turnover in a challenging market environment and simultaneously improved the operating result by a greater proportion. Sales increased to EUR 1,303.6 million (preceding year: EUR 1,209.1 million), total operating performance rose to EUR 1,324.5 million (preceding year: EUR 1,220.5 million). [...]
Siemens Energy has been awarded service contracts for four wind farms located in the states of Washington and Oregon in the U.S. Under a four-year contract signed with the Cannon Power Group, Siemens will be providing warranty maintenance services for a total of 114 SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines in the Windy Flats and Windy Flats Extension [...]
The first joint project between Nordex and UK developer DW Consultancy Ltd. has been signed and sealed: DW Consultancy has ordered eight Nordex N80/2500 turbines for their Northern Irish wind farm known as “Screggagh”. Nordex will be supplying the wind turbines from its European production facility in Rostock in September.
In the first three months of 2010, the Nordex Group generated sales of EUR 150.5 million (previous year: EUR 233.3 million). The decline in business had been expected due to muted order intake in the previous three quarters largely as a result of a shortfall in the project finance provided by banks.
Construction of Maryland’s first wind farm has begun. Nordex USA, Inc. has been awarded an order for 20 N90 2.5 megawatt wind turbines to be installed at a 50-megawatt wind farm in Garrett County, Maryland. The contract with developer and future operator, Synergics, includes installation and a five-year maintenance agreement.
